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Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur riding his elephant Atash Khan, attributed to Farrukh Beg (Fa
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Description
gouache with gold on paper, borders of pale green and cream paper flecked with gold, verso with composite horse and rider, with similar borders
recto painting: 14.1 by 10.1cm. (5 ⁹⁄₁₆ by 4 in.)
with borders: 29.7 by 25.3cm. (11 ¹¹⁄₁₆ by 10 in.)
verso painting: 14.3 by 11cm. (5 ⅝ by 4 ⅝ in.)
Provenance
Private Collection, London, before 1974
Sven Gahlin, London, 1974-75
Acquired by Cary Welch from Sven Gahlin, March 1975
Literature
Zebrowski, 'Transformations in Seventeenth Century Deccani Painting at Bijapur' in Chhavi 2: Rai Krishnadasa Felicitation Volume, Banaras, 1981, p.173, fig.415
M. Zebrowski, Deccani Painting, London, 1983, figs.71,72, p.96
S.C. Welch, India, Art and Culture 1300-1900, New York, 1985, no.194, pp.291-2
H. Knizkova, 'Notes on the Portrait of Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur in the Naprstek Museum, Prague', in R. Skelton, A. Topsfield, S. Stronge and R. Crill (eds.), Facets of Indian Art, A Symposium Held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 26 April to 1 May 1982, London, 1986, p.119-120, fig.4
M. Zebrowski 'Painting' in G. Michell, Islamic Heritage of the Deccan, Marg, Bombay, 1986, no.8, p.98
J. Seyller, 'Farrukh Beg in the Deccan', in Artibus Asiae, 55/3-4 (1995), p.320, 340-1, fig.4
M. Zebrowski, 'Miniature Painting: Ahmadnagar and Bijapur', in The New Cambridge History of India 1:7, Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates, Cambridge, 1999, fig.126, p.172
N. Haidar, 'The Kitab-i Nauras, the Key to Bijapur’s Golden Age', in N. Haidar and M. Sardar, Sultans of the South, New York, 2011, p.36, fig.15
M.C. Beach, 'Farrukh Beg' in Beach, Fischer, Goswamy and Britschgi, Masters of Indian Painting 1100-1900, Zurich, 2011, vol.1, p.208, fig.18
J. Guy and J. Britscghi, Wonder of the Age, Master Painters of India 1100-1900, New York, 2011, no.22, p.65
N. Najat Haidar and M. Sardar, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, Opulence and Fantasy, New York, 2015, cat.31, pp.100-2
M. Fraser, Selected Works from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection of Indian and Islamic Art, London, 2015, cat.12, pp.46-51
K. Overton, 'Book Culture, Royal Libraries, and Persianate Painting in Bijapur, circa 1580‒1630', Muqarnas, Vol.33 (2016), pp.94, 142, fn.39
Exhibited
India, Art and Culture 1300-1900, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985
Masters of Indian Painting, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 2011
Wonder of the Age, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2011
Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, Opulence and Fantasy, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2015
recto painting: 14.1 by 10.1cm. (5 ⁹⁄₁₆ by 4 in.)
with borders: 29.7 by 25.3cm. (11 ¹¹⁄₁₆ by 10 in.)
verso painting: 14.3 by 11cm. (5 ⅝ by 4 ⅝ in.)
Provenance
Private Collection, London, before 1974
Sven Gahlin, London, 1974-75
Acquired by Cary Welch from Sven Gahlin, March 1975
Literature
Zebrowski, 'Transformations in Seventeenth Century Deccani Painting at Bijapur' in Chhavi 2: Rai Krishnadasa Felicitation Volume, Banaras, 1981, p.173, fig.415
M. Zebrowski, Deccani Painting, London, 1983, figs.71,72, p.96
S.C. Welch, India, Art and Culture 1300-1900, New York, 1985, no.194, pp.291-2
H. Knizkova, 'Notes on the Portrait of Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur in the Naprstek Museum, Prague', in R. Skelton, A. Topsfield, S. Stronge and R. Crill (eds.), Facets of Indian Art, A Symposium Held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 26 April to 1 May 1982, London, 1986, p.119-120, fig.4
M. Zebrowski 'Painting' in G. Michell, Islamic Heritage of the Deccan, Marg, Bombay, 1986, no.8, p.98
J. Seyller, 'Farrukh Beg in the Deccan', in Artibus Asiae, 55/3-4 (1995), p.320, 340-1, fig.4
M. Zebrowski, 'Miniature Painting: Ahmadnagar and Bijapur', in The New Cambridge History of India 1:7, Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates, Cambridge, 1999, fig.126, p.172
N. Haidar, 'The Kitab-i Nauras, the Key to Bijapur’s Golden Age', in N. Haidar and M. Sardar, Sultans of the South, New York, 2011, p.36, fig.15
M.C. Beach, 'Farrukh Beg' in Beach, Fischer, Goswamy and Britschgi, Masters of Indian Painting 1100-1900, Zurich, 2011, vol.1, p.208, fig.18
J. Guy and J. Britscghi, Wonder of the Age, Master Painters of India 1100-1900, New York, 2011, no.22, p.65
N. Najat Haidar and M. Sardar, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, Opulence and Fantasy, New York, 2015, cat.31, pp.100-2
M. Fraser, Selected Works from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection of Indian and Islamic Art, London, 2015, cat.12, pp.46-51
K. Overton, 'Book Culture, Royal Libraries, and Persianate Painting in Bijapur, circa 1580‒1630', Muqarnas, Vol.33 (2016), pp.94, 142, fn.39
Exhibited
India, Art and Culture 1300-1900, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985
Masters of Indian Painting, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 2011
Wonder of the Age, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2011
Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, Opulence and Fantasy, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2015
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gouache with gold on paper, borders of pale green and cream paper flecked with gold, verso with composite horse and rider, with similar borders
recto painting: 14.1 by 10.1cm. (5 ⁹⁄₁₆ by 4 in.)
with borders: 29.7 by 25.3cm. (11 ¹¹⁄₁₆ by 10 in.)
verso painting: 14.3 by 11cm. (5 ⅝ by 4 ⅝ in.)
Provenance
Private Collection, London, before 1974
Sven Gahlin, London, 1974-75
Acquired by Cary Welch from Sven Gahlin, March 1975
Literature
Zebrowski, 'Transformations in Seventeenth Century Deccani Painting at Bijapur' in Chhavi 2: Rai Krishnadasa Felicitation Volume, Banaras, 1981, p.173, fig.415
M. Zebrowski, Deccani Painting, London, 1983, figs.71,72, p.96
S.C. Welch, India, Art and Culture 1300-1900, New York, 1985, no.194, pp.291-2
H. Knizkova, 'Notes on the Portrait of Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur in the Naprstek Museum, Prague', in R. Skelton, A. Topsfield, S. Stronge and R. Crill (eds.), Facets of Indian Art, A Symposium Held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 26 April to 1 May 1982, London, 1986, p.119-120, fig.4
M. Zebrowski 'Painting' in G. Michell, Islamic Heritage of the Deccan, Marg, Bombay, 1986, no.8, p.98
J. Seyller, 'Farrukh Beg in the Deccan', in Artibus Asiae, 55/3-4 (1995), p.320, 340-1, fig.4
M. Zebrowski, 'Miniature Painting: Ahmadnagar and Bijapur', in The New Cambridge History of India 1:7, Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates, Cambridge, 1999, fig.126, p.172
N. Haidar, 'The Kitab-i Nauras, the Key to Bijapur’s Golden Age', in N. Haidar and M. Sardar, Sultans of the South, New York, 2011, p.36, fig.15
M.C. Beach, 'Farrukh Beg' in Beach, Fischer, Goswamy and Britschgi, Masters of Indian Painting 1100-1900, Zurich, 2011, vol.1, p.208, fig.18
J. Guy and J. Britscghi, Wonder of the Age, Master Painters of India 1100-1900, New York, 2011, no.22, p.65
N. Najat Haidar and M. Sardar, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, Opulence and Fantasy, New York, 2015, cat.31, pp.100-2
M. Fraser, Selected Works from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection of Indian and Islamic Art, London, 2015, cat.12, pp.46-51
K. Overton, 'Book Culture, Royal Libraries, and Persianate Painting in Bijapur, circa 1580‒1630', Muqarnas, Vol.33 (2016), pp.94, 142, fn.39
Exhibited
India, Art and Culture 1300-1900, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985
Masters of Indian Painting, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 2011
Wonder of the Age, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2011
Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, Opulence and Fantasy, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2015
recto painting: 14.1 by 10.1cm. (5 ⁹⁄₁₆ by 4 in.)
with borders: 29.7 by 25.3cm. (11 ¹¹⁄₁₆ by 10 in.)
verso painting: 14.3 by 11cm. (5 ⅝ by 4 ⅝ in.)
Provenance
Private Collection, London, before 1974
Sven Gahlin, London, 1974-75
Acquired by Cary Welch from Sven Gahlin, March 1975
Literature
Zebrowski, 'Transformations in Seventeenth Century Deccani Painting at Bijapur' in Chhavi 2: Rai Krishnadasa Felicitation Volume, Banaras, 1981, p.173, fig.415
M. Zebrowski, Deccani Painting, London, 1983, figs.71,72, p.96
S.C. Welch, India, Art and Culture 1300-1900, New York, 1985, no.194, pp.291-2
H. Knizkova, 'Notes on the Portrait of Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur in the Naprstek Museum, Prague', in R. Skelton, A. Topsfield, S. Stronge and R. Crill (eds.), Facets of Indian Art, A Symposium Held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 26 April to 1 May 1982, London, 1986, p.119-120, fig.4
M. Zebrowski 'Painting' in G. Michell, Islamic Heritage of the Deccan, Marg, Bombay, 1986, no.8, p.98
J. Seyller, 'Farrukh Beg in the Deccan', in Artibus Asiae, 55/3-4 (1995), p.320, 340-1, fig.4
M. Zebrowski, 'Miniature Painting: Ahmadnagar and Bijapur', in The New Cambridge History of India 1:7, Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates, Cambridge, 1999, fig.126, p.172
N. Haidar, 'The Kitab-i Nauras, the Key to Bijapur’s Golden Age', in N. Haidar and M. Sardar, Sultans of the South, New York, 2011, p.36, fig.15
M.C. Beach, 'Farrukh Beg' in Beach, Fischer, Goswamy and Britschgi, Masters of Indian Painting 1100-1900, Zurich, 2011, vol.1, p.208, fig.18
J. Guy and J. Britscghi, Wonder of the Age, Master Painters of India 1100-1900, New York, 2011, no.22, p.65
N. Najat Haidar and M. Sardar, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, Opulence and Fantasy, New York, 2015, cat.31, pp.100-2
M. Fraser, Selected Works from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection of Indian and Islamic Art, London, 2015, cat.12, pp.46-51
K. Overton, 'Book Culture, Royal Libraries, and Persianate Painting in Bijapur, circa 1580‒1630', Muqarnas, Vol.33 (2016), pp.94, 142, fn.39
Exhibited
India, Art and Culture 1300-1900, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985
Masters of Indian Painting, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 2011
Wonder of the Age, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2011
Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700, Opulence and Fantasy, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2015
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