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THE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO MUHAMMAD ALI, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1610; THE MARGINS MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1650-58
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THE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO MUHAMMAD ALI, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1610; THE MARGINS MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1650-58
Opaque pigments heightened with pricked gold and silver on paper, 2ll. of black nasta'liq above and below reserved against gold illuminated cloudbands in narrow green borders, set within ivory margins finely decorated with flowering plants in an overall lattice, reverse plain, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 7 ½ x 6 3⁄8 in. (19.1 x 16.3cm.); folio 14 3⁄8 x 9 ¾in. (36.5 x 24.9cm.)
THE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO MUHAMMAD ALI, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1610; THE MARGINS MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1650-58
Opaque pigments heightened with pricked gold and silver on paper, 2ll. of black nasta'liq above and below reserved against gold illuminated cloudbands in narrow green borders, set within ivory margins finely decorated with flowering plants in an overall lattice, reverse plain, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 7 ½ x 6 3⁄8 in. (19.1 x 16.3cm.); folio 14 3⁄8 x 9 ¾in. (36.5 x 24.9cm.)
Provenance
Baron Maurice de Rothschild (d. 1957), Paris, early 20th century, by descent to Baron Edmond de Rothschild
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd, London, 1976
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd, London, 1976
Literature
I. Stchoukine, "Portraits moghols: IV La Collection du Baron Maurice de Rothschild", Revue des Arts Asiatiques, vol.9, No.4, December 1935, cat. XI, pp.202-03, pl.LXIX, fig. 6
R. Skelton, "The Mughal Artist Farrokh Beg", Ars Orientalis, vol.2, 1957, pl.4, fig.9
R. Ettinghausen, Paintings of the Sultans and Emperors of India in American Collections, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1961, pl.9 text
T. Falk, "Rothschild Collection of Mughal Miniatures", in Persian and Mughal Art, Colnaghi, London, 1976, no.92, pp.178-9
M. Beach, The Grand Mogul, Imperial Painting in India 1600-1660, Williamstown MA., 1978, p.144
A. Welch and S.C. Welch, Arts of the Islamic Book - The Collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Ithaca, 1982, no.65, pp.198-200
T. Falk and M. Archer, Indian Miniatures in the India Office Library, London, 1981, p.61
M. Zebrowski, Deccani Painting, London, 1983, p.116
Kevorkian, "Les Très Riches Heures de L'Aga Khan", Connaissance des Arts, No.372, February 1983, fig.11, p.69
S. Safrani, "The Arts of the Islamic Book: The Collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan", Arts of Asia, vol.14, No.6, 1984, p.59
S.C. Welch, India, Art and Culture 1300-1900, New York, 1985, no.151, pp.229-31
B. Goswamy and E. Fischer, Wonders of a Golden Age, Zurich, 1987, no.26, pp.68-9
E. Fox, "Miniature Empires. Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan's Collection of Islamic Art", Art and Auction, October 1987, p.152
Sabahi, Taher. Cavalieri d'Oriente. Milan, 1991, cover illus.
S.C. Welch, "Reflections on Muhammad Ali", in A. Giese and J-C. Buegel (eds.), Gott ist schön und Er liebt die Schönheit, Bern, 1992, pp.408, 414, 418, fig.3
T. Sabahi, Cavalieri d'Oriente: Coperte da cavallo e da sella dal XVII al XX secolo, exhibition catalogue, Rome, 1991, cover illustration
S. Verma, Mughal Painters and their Work, Delhi, 1994, p.295, nos.5-6
S. Canby, Princes, Poets and Paladins, London, 1998, no.102, pp.138-40, and cover illustration
S. Canby, Der Glanz des Orients, Zurich, 1998, no.18, pp.62-3
S. Canby, Princes, Poètes et Paladins, Geneva, 1999, no.102, pp.138-40, and cover illustration
H. Meyer and G. Meyer, Pferde anders aufgezäumt streifzüge durch die Natur und Kunstgeschichte, Berlin, 2002, no.12, p.55
B. Alaoui, J-P Digard, et al., Chevaux et cavaliers arabes dans les arts d'Orient et d'Occident, Paris, 2002, no.145, pp.180-1
E. Wright, Muraqqa', Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty Library, Alexandria VA. , 2008, p .465, no.92
J. Bloom and S. Blair (eds.), The Grove Encyclopaedia of Islamic Art and Architecture, vol. 3, Oxford, 2009, pp.15-16
J. Seyller, "Muhammad Ali", in M. Beach, E. Fischer and B. Goswamy (eds.), Masters of Indian Painting, Artibus Asiae Supplementum 48, I/II, Zurich, 2011, p.280, no.5, pp.284-5, fig.5
R. Skelton, "The Mughal Artist Farrokh Beg", Ars Orientalis, vol.2, 1957, pl.4, fig.9
R. Ettinghausen, Paintings of the Sultans and Emperors of India in American Collections, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 1961, pl.9 text
T. Falk, "Rothschild Collection of Mughal Miniatures", in Persian and Mughal Art, Colnaghi, London, 1976, no.92, pp.178-9
M. Beach, The Grand Mogul, Imperial Painting in India 1600-1660, Williamstown MA., 1978, p.144
A. Welch and S.C. Welch, Arts of the Islamic Book - The Collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Ithaca, 1982, no.65, pp.198-200
T. Falk and M. Archer, Indian Miniatures in the India Office Library, London, 1981, p.61
M. Zebrowski, Deccani Painting, London, 1983, p.116
Kevorkian, "Les Très Riches Heures de L'Aga Khan", Connaissance des Arts, No.372, February 1983, fig.11, p.69
S. Safrani, "The Arts of the Islamic Book: The Collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan", Arts of Asia, vol.14, No.6, 1984, p.59
S.C. Welch, India, Art and Culture 1300-1900, New York, 1985, no.151, pp.229-31
B. Goswamy and E. Fischer, Wonders of a Golden Age, Zurich, 1987, no.26, pp.68-9
E. Fox, "Miniature Empires. Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan's Collection of Islamic Art", Art and Auction, October 1987, p.152
Sabahi, Taher. Cavalieri d'Oriente. Milan, 1991, cover illus.
S.C. Welch, "Reflections on Muhammad Ali", in A. Giese and J-C. Buegel (eds.), Gott ist schön und Er liebt die Schönheit, Bern, 1992, pp.408, 414, 418, fig.3
T. Sabahi, Cavalieri d'Oriente: Coperte da cavallo e da sella dal XVII al XX secolo, exhibition catalogue, Rome, 1991, cover illustration
S. Verma, Mughal Painters and their Work, Delhi, 1994, p.295, nos.5-6
S. Canby, Princes, Poets and Paladins, London, 1998, no.102, pp.138-40, and cover illustration
S. Canby, Der Glanz des Orients, Zurich, 1998, no.18, pp.62-3
S. Canby, Princes, Poètes et Paladins, Geneva, 1999, no.102, pp.138-40, and cover illustration
H. Meyer and G. Meyer, Pferde anders aufgezäumt streifzüge durch die Natur und Kunstgeschichte, Berlin, 2002, no.12, p.55
B. Alaoui, J-P Digard, et al., Chevaux et cavaliers arabes dans les arts d'Orient et d'Occident, Paris, 2002, no.145, pp.180-1
E. Wright, Muraqqa', Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty Library, Alexandria VA. , 2008, p .465, no.92
J. Bloom and S. Blair (eds.), The Grove Encyclopaedia of Islamic Art and Architecture, vol. 3, Oxford, 2009, pp.15-16
J. Seyller, "Muhammad Ali", in M. Beach, E. Fischer and B. Goswamy (eds.), Masters of Indian Painting, Artibus Asiae Supplementum 48, I/II, Zurich, 2011, p.280, no.5, pp.284-5, fig.5
Exhibited
Arts of the Islamic Book, Asia Society, New York; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth; Nelson-Atkins Gallery, Kansas City, 1982-3
India, Art and Culture 1300-1900, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985
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
Chevaux et cavaliers arabes dans les arts d'Orient et d'Occident, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, 2002
India, Art and Culture 1300-1900, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985
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
Chevaux et cavaliers arabes dans les arts d'Orient et d'Occident, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, 2002
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