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THE PORTRAIT BY DUST MUHAMMAD THE PAINTER, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1555-64; THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED MUHAMMAD REZA, 16TH CENTURY
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PORTRAIT OF SHAH ABU'L-MA'ALI OF KASHGAR
THE PORTRAIT BY DUST MUHAMMAD THE PAINTER, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1555-64; THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED MUHAMMAD REZA, 16TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments on paper, the crouching figure holding a sheet identifying the subject and signed by the artist, laid down within blue border and gold and blue rules, plain ivory margins, reverse with 6ll. fine black nasta'liq on marbled and gilded paper, laid down within blue and gold rules on pink, green and blue borders, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 5 5⁄8 x 6 7⁄8 in. (14.3 x 17.4cm.); calligraphy panel 7 x 3 7⁄8 in. (17.9 x 9.7cm.); folio 15 ¼ x 9 7⁄8 in. (38.9 x 25cm.)
THE PORTRAIT BY DUST MUHAMMAD THE PAINTER, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1555-64; THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED MUHAMMAD REZA, 16TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments on paper, the crouching figure holding a sheet identifying the subject and signed by the artist, laid down within blue border and gold and blue rules, plain ivory margins, reverse with 6ll. fine black nasta'liq on marbled and gilded paper, laid down within blue and gold rules on pink, green and blue borders, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 5 5⁄8 x 6 7⁄8 in. (14.3 x 17.4cm.); calligraphy panel 7 x 3 7⁄8 in. (17.9 x 9.7cm.); folio 15 ¼ x 9 7⁄8 in. (38.9 x 25cm.)
Provenance
William Dent (1761-1833) or his brother John Dent, Bengal, India and England
By descent to Sir Annesley Wilkinson Robert Dent, C.B. (1895-1983), England
Sotheby's London, An lnteresting Collection of Oriental Miniatures, The Property of Sir A.W Robert Dent, 11 April 1972, lot 18
By descent to Sir Annesley Wilkinson Robert Dent, C.B. (1895-1983), England
Sotheby's London, An lnteresting Collection of Oriental Miniatures, The Property of Sir A.W Robert Dent, 11 April 1972, lot 18
Literature
P. Chandra, The Tutinama of the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Origins of Mughal Painting, Graz, 1976, p.16
S.C. Welch, Wonders of the Age, Masterpieces of Early Safavid Painting, Cambridge, MA., 1979, no.75, pp.194-5
M. Dickson and S.C. Welch, The Houghton Shahnama, Cambridge, MA., 1981, vol.I, pp. 123 and 248, footnote no.27
A. Welch and S.C. Welch, Arts of the Islamic Book - The Collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Ithaca, 1982, pp.146-8
T. Falk (ed.), Treasures of Islam, Geneva and London, 1985, cat.118, p.144
M. Brand and G. Lowry, Akbar's India, Art from the Mughal City of Victory, New York, 1985, no.81, pp.125, 157
M.C. Beach, Early Mughal Painting, Cambridge MA., 1987, fig.11, pp.23-4
B. Goswamy and E. Fischer, Wonders of a Golden Age, Zurich, 1987, no.6, pp.34-5
C. Adle, "Les artistes nommés Dust-Mohammad au XVIe siècle", Studia Iranica 22⁄2, 1993, pp.272-75, fig.16
C. Adle, "DUST-MOHAMMAD MOSAWWER", Encyclopaedia Iranica, VII/ 6, pp.602-03
R. Skelton, "Iranian Artists in the Service of Humayun", in S. Canby (ed.), Humayun's Garden Party, Marg, Mumbai, 1994, p.42
H. Elgood, "Who Painted Princes of the House of Timur", in S. Canby (ed.), Humayun's Garden Party, Marg, Mumbai, 1994, p.25
S. Canby, Princes, Poets and Paladins, London, 1998, no.77, pp.107-08
S. Canby, Der Glanz des Orients, Zurich, 1998, no.14, pp.54-5
S. Canby, Princes, Poètes et Paladins, Geneva, 1999, no.77, pp.107-08
S. Makariou (ed.), Chefs-d'oeuvre islamiques de l'Aga Khan Museum, Paris, 2007, cat.60, pp.168-9
J. Bloom and S. Blair, The Grove Encyclopaedia of Islamic Art and Architecture, Oxford, 2009, vol.2, p.40
L. Parodi and B. Wannell, "The Earliest Datable Mughal Painting", asianart.com online journal, 2011, fig.6
L. Parodi, "Tracing the Rise of Mughal Portraiture", in C. Branfoot (ed.), Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals, London, 2018, fig.2.1, p.53
L. Parodi, "Shah Abu Ma'ali, Mir Sayyid Ali and the Sayyids of Tirmiz", Muqarnas, vol.35, 2018, pp.125-43, fig.1 and cover ill.
S.C. Welch, Wonders of the Age, Masterpieces of Early Safavid Painting, Cambridge, MA., 1979, no.75, pp.194-5
M. Dickson and S.C. Welch, The Houghton Shahnama, Cambridge, MA., 1981, vol.I, pp. 123 and 248, footnote no.27
A. Welch and S.C. Welch, Arts of the Islamic Book - The Collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Ithaca, 1982, pp.146-8
T. Falk (ed.), Treasures of Islam, Geneva and London, 1985, cat.118, p.144
M. Brand and G. Lowry, Akbar's India, Art from the Mughal City of Victory, New York, 1985, no.81, pp.125, 157
M.C. Beach, Early Mughal Painting, Cambridge MA., 1987, fig.11, pp.23-4
B. Goswamy and E. Fischer, Wonders of a Golden Age, Zurich, 1987, no.6, pp.34-5
C. Adle, "Les artistes nommés Dust-Mohammad au XVIe siècle", Studia Iranica 22⁄2, 1993, pp.272-75, fig.16
C. Adle, "DUST-MOHAMMAD MOSAWWER", Encyclopaedia Iranica, VII/ 6, pp.602-03
R. Skelton, "Iranian Artists in the Service of Humayun", in S. Canby (ed.), Humayun's Garden Party, Marg, Mumbai, 1994, p.42
H. Elgood, "Who Painted Princes of the House of Timur", in S. Canby (ed.), Humayun's Garden Party, Marg, Mumbai, 1994, p.25
S. Canby, Princes, Poets and Paladins, London, 1998, no.77, pp.107-08
S. Canby, Der Glanz des Orients, Zurich, 1998, no.14, pp.54-5
S. Canby, Princes, Poètes et Paladins, Geneva, 1999, no.77, pp.107-08
S. Makariou (ed.), Chefs-d'oeuvre islamiques de l'Aga Khan Museum, Paris, 2007, cat.60, pp.168-9
J. Bloom and S. Blair, The Grove Encyclopaedia of Islamic Art and Architecture, Oxford, 2009, vol.2, p.40
L. Parodi and B. Wannell, "The Earliest Datable Mughal Painting", asianart.com online journal, 2011, fig.6
L. Parodi, "Tracing the Rise of Mughal Portraiture", in C. Branfoot (ed.), Portraiture in South Asia since the Mughals, London, 2018, fig.2.1, p.53
L. Parodi, "Shah Abu Ma'ali, Mir Sayyid Ali and the Sayyids of Tirmiz", Muqarnas, vol.35, 2018, pp.125-43, fig.1 and cover ill.
Exhibited
Arts of the Islamic Book, Asia Society, New York; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth; Nelson-Atkins Gallery, Kansas City, 1982-3
Treasures of Islam, Musée Rath, Geneva, 1985
Akbar's India, Asia Society, New York; Harvard University Art Museums; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1985-6
Wonders of a Golden Age, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 1987
Princes, Poets and Paladins, British Museum, London; Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University; Rietberg Museum, Zurich; Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva, 1998-9
Chefs-d'oeuvre islamiques de l'Aga Khan Museum, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2007-08
Treasures of Islam, Musée Rath, Geneva, 1985
Akbar's India, Asia Society, New York; Harvard University Art Museums; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1985-6
Wonders of a Golden Age, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 1987
Princes, Poets and Paladins, British Museum, London; Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University; Rietberg Museum, Zurich; Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva, 1998-9
Chefs-d'oeuvre islamiques de l'Aga Khan Museum, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2007-08
Engraved
The paper held by the subject reads, 'God is Great. Jannat Ashtiani. This portrait is a likeness of Shah Abu’l-Ma‘ali of Kashgar, whom his Majesty keeps close to him in royal service. The work of Master Dust the Painter'
The calligraphy on the reverse, ' You have become afflicted by that coquette You have become a friends of sorrows and pains You have the bowl of your eye in your hand Saying “I have become a beggar from seeing you" His slave Muhammad Reza'
The calligraphy on the reverse, ' You have become afflicted by that coquette You have become a friends of sorrows and pains You have the bowl of your eye in your hand Saying “I have become a beggar from seeing you" His slave Muhammad Reza'
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