Jahangir Giving Books to Shaykhs, from the St. Petersburg Album

Object Details

• Artist

  Attributed to Lalchand

• Calligrapher

  Imad al-Hasani (died 1615)

• Borders

  Muhammad Hadi (Iranian, active mid-18th century)

  Muhammad Baqir (mid-18th century)

• Court

  Mughal Court

• School/Tradition

  Mughal school

• Provenance

  To 1739

  Mughal Imperial Library, Delhi to 1739 [1]

  From 1739 to late 19th century

  Persian Imperial Library, taken from Mughal Imperial Library at the Sack of Delhi in 1739 [2]

  About late 19th century

  Czar Nicholas II (?), Russian Imperial Collection [3]

  To 1931

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York to 1931 [4]

  From 1931

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York in 1931 [5]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, Curatorial remarks, Milo C. Beach, March 4, 1994.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1.

  [4] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Nasta’liq: The Genius of Persian Calligraphy (September 13, 2014 to May 3, 2015)

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

  At the Margins (June 4 to November 30, 1997)

  South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)

  The Arts of South Asia (May 13, 1985 to December 2, 1985)

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

  Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Painting, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to November 28, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting, 1947 (April 23 to September 30, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting (December 20, 1944 to April 23, 1947)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mughal Library

  Imperial Library (Tehran)

  Czar Nicholas II (1868-1918)

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• Origin

  India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1610s, 1620s

• Name

  Imperial Library (Tehran), Nicholas, Kevorkian, Hagop, Mughal Library

• Place

  India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Books and reading, Reign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627), Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Flowers, Kings and rulers

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Paintings