Prince Dara Shikoh visiting the ascetic Kamal

Object Details

• Court

  Mughal Court

• School/Tradition

  Mughal school

• Provenance

  ?-1936

  Arthur Garabed Kevorkian (active early 1920s-1960s), method of acquisition unknown [1]

  From 1936

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Arthur Garabed Kevorkian [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See untitled incoming receipt, dated May 18, 1936, copy in object file. The object was transferred from Arthur Garabed Kevorkian to the Freer Gallery of Art for acquisition consideration on May 18, 1936. Object is described as one of “12 miniature paintings” deposited.

  Arthur Garabed Kevorkian (known as A. Garabed) (born ca. 1891) was an Armenian art dealer active in London between the early 1920s and the 1960s. According to his business’ letterhead, Garabed delt in Egyptian, Greek, Spanish, Italian, and Chinese, and was a specialist in Persian antiques. He successfully placed object in the collections of the British Museum, the British Library, the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Walters Art Museum.

  [2] See object file for copy of the “A. Garabed” invoice to the Freer Gallery of Art, undated (June 6-9, 1936), and marked approved on June 9, 1936. Object is described as, “Indian painting, 17th century, Mughal-Rajput.”

  Research updated January 26, 2024

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

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

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

  Centennial Exhibition, West Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Arthur Garabed Kevorkian (born ca. 1891)

• Origin

  India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1740s

• Name

  Kevorkian, Arthur Garabed, Da?ra? Shiku?h, Prince, son of Shahjahan, Emperor of India

• Place

  India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Prince, Art, Drums (Membranophones), Music, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Lute, Ascetic

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings