A Banquet in a Tent Encampment

Object Details

• Artist

  Attributed to Miskin (active late 1570s–ca. 1604)

• School/Tradition

  Mughal school

• Provenance

  To at least 1956

  Philip Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts. [1]

  To at least 1982

  Terence McInerney, New York, New York. [2]

  Private collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [3]

  To at least 1987

  Terence McInerney, New York, New York. [4]

  From 1987

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from Terence McInerney, New York, New York. [5]

  Notes:

  [1] See provenance information provided by Terence McInerney on the invoice dated December 7, 1987, object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1.

  [4] See note 1.

  [5] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Arts of Mughal India (1992) (May 24 to December 6, 1992)

  Art of India: Painting and Decorative Objects (July 30, 1988 to July 9, 1989)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Terence G. McInerney

  Philip Hofer

• Origin

  India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds

• Type

  Drawing

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1590s, 1610s

• Name

  Hofer, Philip, McInerney, Terence G.

• Place

  India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Soldiers, Animals, Cooking, Tents, Men, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Horses, Goat, Camel

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Drawings