A Christian subject: The Madonna and Child

Object Details

• Artist

  Probably by Farrukh Beg (active early 1580s–1619)

• Court

  Mughal Court

• School/Tradition

  Mughal School

• Provenance

  To 1907

  Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1907 [1]

  From 1907 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York, in 1907 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See List of Persian Manuscripts and Miniatures, pg. 105, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Also, the presence of a stamp of "Exposition d'Art Musulman, Palais des Champs Elysees, 1893" has been observed on the reverse of the folio (see Curatorial Remark 10, Debra Diamond, February 3, 2011, in the object record).

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)

  Female Imagery in Indian Painting (February 9 to August 5, 1996)

  The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court (September 25, 1981 to 30 March 1982)

  The Brush of the Masters: Drawings from India (October 14, 1978 to May 15, 1979)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Bijapur, Karnataka state, Deccan plateau, India

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1610s, 1600s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

• Place

  Bijapur, Deccan plateau, Karnataka state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Adil Shahi dynasty (1489 - 1686), Children, Virgin Mary

• Culture

  Christians, Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings