The Dargah (sanctuary) at Nizamuddin

Object Details

• Artist

  Muhammad Yusuf (active 19th century)

• School/Tradition

  Company school

• Provenance

  19th century-?

  Unidentified individual, by commission or by purchase from the artist, Muhammad Yusuf (active 19th century) in India [1]

  ?-?

  Ownership information unknown

  ?-1986

  S. Dillon (1913-2001) and Mary Moncrieffe Livingston Ripley (1914-1996), method of acquisition unknown [2]

  From 1986

  National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of S. Dillon and Mary Livingston Ripley [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See the artist’s name inscribed in red ink along the lower center.

  [2] See offer letter from S. Dillion Ripley to Milo Beach, dated August 11, 1986, copy in object file.

  Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913-2001) was an American ornithologist and served as the 8th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1964 to 1984. His wife, Mary Moncrieffe Livingston Ripley(1914-1996), was an American horticulturist and entomologist. The Dillons travel and temporarily resided in South Asia and Southeast Asia, where they conducted research in their respective scientific fields.

  [3] See signed “Deed of Gift to the Arthur M. Sacker Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution,” copy in object file. From 1986-2023 this work was part of the National Museum of Asian Art’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection and on March 21, 2023, the work was internally transferred to the National Museum of Asian Art Collection.

  Research updated July 2, 2024

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857 (February 7 to May 6 , 2012)

• Previous custodian or owner

  S. Dillon Ripley (1913-2001)

  Mary Moncrieffe Livingston Ripley (1914-1996)

• Origin

  Dehli, Haryana state, India

• Credit Line

  Gift of S. Dillon and Mary Livingston Ripley

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1800s, 1890s

• Name

  Ripley, Mary Moncrieffe Livingston, Ripley, S. Dillon

• Place

  Dehli, Haryana state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Shrine, Art

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings