Noah's Ark

Object Details

• Artist

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

• Court

  Mughal Court

• Provenance

  ?-1944

  Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944), method of acquisition unknown [1]

  1944-1948

  Antoinette P. Minassian (Mrs. Kirkor Minassian) (1874-1961), probably by descent from Kirkor Minassian [2]

  From 1948

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Antoinette P. Minassian (Mrs. Kirkor Minassian) [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See object file for copy of Antoinette P. Minassian invoice on “Mrs. Kirkor Minassian” letterhead to the Freer Gallery of Art, dated July 14, 1948

  , and marked approved on May 15, 1947. This object is listed as Kirkor Minassian stock number, P-1145.

  [2] See Cleveland Museum of Art, “Islamic Art: Selected Examples from the Loan Exhibition of Islamic Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art” [exhibition catalogue], (Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944), p. 24. Object is described as “Noah’s Ark [/] […] [/] Lent by Mrs. Kirkor Minassian.”

  [3] See note 1.

  Research updated September 8, 2023

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Body Image (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Worlds within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran (July 28 to September 16, 2012)

  South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)

  The Arts of South Asia (May 13, 1985 to December 2, 1985)

  The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court (September 25, 1981 to 30 March 1982)

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

  Special Exhibition Afghanistan (September 3, 1963 to June 5, 1964)

  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)

  Special Exhibition, Near Eastern Art (September 15, 1953 to February 9, 1954)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)

  Mrs. Antoinette P. Minassian (1874-1961)

• Origin

  India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1590s, 1580s

• Name

  Minassian, Antoinette P., Minassian, Kirkor

• Place

  India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Boats and boating, Art, Animals, Drums (Membranophones), Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Reign of Akbar (1556 - 1605), Noah's Ark

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings