Seated youth
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1600
label: Period
content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Jahangir
name: label: Artist
content: Abu'l Hasan (born 1588 or 1589)
notes: label: Court
content: Mughal Court
label: School/Tradition
content: Mughal school
label: Label
content: Portraits of graceful young men reading or holding flowers are frequent in Iranian painting though rare in Mughal art. This drawing of an elegant youth is by the master painter Abu'l Hasan. Known as "Nadir-al-zaman" (Wonder of the Age), Abu'l Hasan was one of the finest painters of the Mughal emperor Jahangir's atelier.
label: Provenance
content: To 1907
label: Provenance
content: Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, to 1907 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1907 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Siegfried Bing in 1907 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] This object was at one time believed to have been purchased by Charles Lang Freer from Colonel H.B. Hanna. However, further research has revealed that it was acquired from Siegfried Bing. The purchase of this image is recorded in Charles Lang Freer's Notes on his European Trip Purchases of 1907 with the description "Bought from M. Bing - 1 Persian Painting - A man sitting on a bench reading a book - He wears a sword - upright 6 x 4)." A voucher for the purchase of this painting from M. Bing is in the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives (see Curatorial Remark 11, Debra Diamond, February 3, 2011, in the object record).
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Colonel Hanna's Pictures (August 21, 1999 to February 6, 2000)
label: Exhibition History
content: The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court (September 25, 1981 to 30 March 1982)
label: Exhibition History
content: The Brush of the Masters: Drawings from India (October 14, 1978 to May 15, 1979)
label: Exhibition History
content: Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: India
topic: label: Topic
content: man
label: Topic
content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
label: Topic
content: Reign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627)
label: Topic
content: India
label: Topic
content: South Asian and Himalayan Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1907.161
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 12.4 x 7.3 cm (4 7/8 x 2 7/8 in)