Sultan Murad and a Consort
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1597
label: Period
content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Akbar
name: label: Artist
content: Attributed here to Manohar (active 1582–ca. 1624)
notes: label: Court
content: Mughal Court
label: School/Tradition
content: Mughal school
label: Label
content: This image is an unusually intimate portrait of royal lovers reclining in a garden setting. It portrays Prince Murad, the intellectually inclined second son of Mughal emperor Akbar, together with his beloved young wife, Mirza, daughter of Akbar's foster brother. Since Mughal artists aimed for verisimilitude, we may assume that Mirza was a dark-haired, slender figure with a sharp nose and pointed chin. However, the seclusion of women within the zenana (women's chambers) suggests that the artist may have based his portrait on verbal descriptions.
label: Provenance
content: To 1929
label: Provenance
content: Kirkor Minassian, New York to 1929 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1929
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York in 1929 [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Body Image (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
label: Exhibition History
content: East of Eden: Gardens in Asian Art (February 24 to May 13, 2007)
label: Exhibition History
content: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)
label: Exhibition History
content: Female Imagery in Indian Painting (February 9 to August 5, 1996)
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 Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)
label: Exhibition History
content: Centennial Exhibition, West Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)
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: Exhibition History
content: Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)
place: label: Origin
content: India
topic: label: Topic
content: lovers
label: Topic
content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
label: Topic
content: Reign of Akbar (1556 - 1605)
label: Topic
content: India
label: Topic
content: South Asian and Himalayan Art
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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: F1929.80
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 17.2 x 9.8 cm (6 3/4 x 3 7/8 in)