Jahangir Giving Books to Shaykhs, from the St. Petersburg Album
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1620; borders mid-18th century; calligraphy AH 1020 (1611-12)
label: Period
content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Jahangir
name: label: Artist
content: Attributed to Lalchand
label: Calligrapher
content: Imad al-Hasani (died 1615)
label: Borders
content: Muhammad Hadi (Iranian, active mid-18th century)
label: Borders
content: Muhammad Baqir (mid-18th century)
notes: label: Court
content: Mughal Court
label: School/Tradition
content: Mughal school
label: Provenance
content: To 1739
label: Provenance
content: Mughal Imperial Library, Delhi to 1739 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1739 to late 19th century
label: Provenance
content: Persian Imperial Library, taken from Mughal Imperial Library at the Sack of Delhi in 1739 [2]
label: Provenance
content: About late 19th century
label: Provenance
content: Czar Nicholas II (?), Russian Imperial Collection [3]
label: Provenance
content: To 1931
label: Provenance
content: Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York to 1931 [4]
label: Provenance
content: From 1931
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York in 1931 [5]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Object file, Curatorial remarks, Milo C. Beach, March 4, 1994.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [4] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Nasta’liq: The Genius of Persian Calligraphy (September 13, 2014 to May 3, 2015)
label: Exhibition History
content: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)
label: Exhibition History
content: At the Margins (June 4 to November 30, 1997)
label: Exhibition History
content: South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)
label: Exhibition History
content: The Arts of South Asia (May 13, 1985 to December 2, 1985)
label: Exhibition History
content: The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court (September 25, 1981 to 30 March 1982)
label: Exhibition History
content: Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Painting, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to November 28, 1955)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting, 1947 (April 23 to September 30, 1947)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting (December 20, 1944 to April 23, 1947)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Mughal Library
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Imperial Library (Tehran)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Czar Nicholas II of Russia (1868-1918)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)
place: label: Origin
content: India
topic: label: Topic
content: flower
label: Topic
content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
label: Topic
content: Reign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627)
label: Topic
content: nasta'liq script
label: Topic
content: book
label: Topic
content: India
label: Topic
content: emperor
label: Topic
content: South Asian and Himalayan Art
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1931.20
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: 31.7 x 20.5 cm (12 1/2 x 8 1/16 in)