Allegorical Figure

Object Details

• Artist

  Attributed to Nar Singh (Painted between late 1580s and 1604)

• Description

  This little miniature is an allegorical rendering of a female in Western clothing.

• Previous custodian or owner

  Heeramaneck Galleries

  Sherman Lee (1918-2008)

• Provenance

  To about 1955

  Heeramaneck Galleries, New York to about 1955 [1]

  From about 1955 to 1995

  Dr. Sherman Lee, Chapel Hill, NC, acquired from Heeramaneck Galleries, about 1955 [2]

  From 1995

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Dr. Sherman Lee in 1995

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 3, Elizabeth F. Duley, October 17, 1995, in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Origin

  India

• Credit Line

  Gift of Ruth and Sherman Lee

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1590s, 1600s

• Name

  Lee, Sherman E., Heeramaneck Galleries, Singh, Nar

• Place

  India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Reign of Akbar (1556 - 1605), Portraits, Woman

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings