Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings from the St. Petersburg Album

Maker(s)
Artist: Bichitr (active between ca. 1615 -1640) Margins by Muhammad Sadiq
Historical period(s)
Mughal dynasty, Reign of Jahangir, ca. 1615-1618, margins 1747-48
Movement
Mughal Court
School
Mughal School
Medium
Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 25.3 × 18 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/16 in) H x W (border): 46.9 × 30.7 cm (18 7/16 × 12 1/16 in)
Geography
India
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1942.15a
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Album
Type

Album leaf with painting

Keywords
emperor, hourglass, India, moon, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Reign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627), Sufi, Sufism, sun
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
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Collection Area(s)
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Web Resources
Worlds within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran
Google Cultural Institute
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