Composite Album Page with Standing Figure of Jahangir
This folio from an album contains three separate compositions of the seventeenth century. On the upper part is a standing portrait of the Mughal emperor Jahangir and an unidentified Mughal courtier. Below is a composition which captures the interaction between the elephant family. While the exacting observation of individuals elephants was the hallmark of Mughal painting, Deccan artists were much more interested in their behavior and emotions. The calf reaches its trunk up to its father, while its mother gently caresses its back with hers, the three elephants thus interlocked in a circle of familial care and connection to which any human family can relate.
Artwork Details
- Title: Composite Album Page with Standing Figure of Jahangir
- Date: early 17th century
- Geography: Country of Origin India
- Medium: Opaque watercolor, gold silver paint on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 12 15/16 × 7 9/16 in. (32.8 × 19.2 cm)
Frame: 12 3/4 × 17 7/8 × 1 in. (32.4 × 45.4 × 2.5 cm) - Classification: Codices
- Credit Line: Howard Hodgkin Collection, Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions, Harris Brisbane Dick, and 2020 Benefit Funds; Howard S. and Nancy Marks, Lila Acheson Wallace, and Friends of Islamic Art Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and funds from various donors, 2022
- Object Number: 2022.208
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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