About the Artwork
Shah Dawlat and Three Other Mystics Seated by a Lake
between 1670 and 1680
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Indian
Islamic
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Overall (painting): 7 1/2 × 5 1/4 inches (19.1 × 13.3 cm) Overall (folio): 15 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (39.4 × 26.7 cm)
Paintings
Islamic Art
Museum Purchase, Ernest and Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund
2008.17
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Mughal Royal Library (India). possibly Library of Nawab of Avadh/Oudh (India). Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill, M.C. [1876-1964]
June 24-25, 1965, sold by (Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., London, England)
June 24-25, 1965, purchased by Kegan Paul
February 14, 1968, sold by (Sotheby's, London, England). private collection (Japan)
by 2008, (Francesca Galloway, Ltd., London, England)
2008-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Islamic, Indian, Shah Dawlat and Three Other Mystics Seated by a Lake, between 1670 and 1680, opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Ernest and Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund, 2008.17.
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