Layla and Majnun

Object Details

• Court

  Mughal Court

• School/Tradition

  Mughal school

• Provenance

  To 1924

  Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston to 1924 [1]

  From 1924

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston in 1924 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.

  [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947)

• Origin

  India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1700s, 1600s

• Name

  Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.

• Place

  India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Reign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627), Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Illumination, Majnun

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings