Portrait of Ibrahim Adil Shah II, of Bijapur (d.1626) (?)

Object Details

• Court

  Bijapur Court

• School/Tradition

  Deccani school

• Provenance

  To 1924

  Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston to 1924 [1]

  From 1924

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston in 1924 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.

  [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

  Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947)

• Origin

  Bijapur, Karnataka state, Deccan plateau, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1640s, 1630s

• Name

  Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.

• Place

  Bijapur, Deccan plateau, Karnataka state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Adil Shahi dynasty (1489 - 1686), Portraits

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings