A FOLIO FROM THE DE LUYNES ALBUM
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1590 MID-17TH CENTURY
A FOLIO FROM THE DE LUYNES ALBUM MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1590 MID-17TH CENTURY Verso, gouache heightened with gold on paper, depicting a royal figure making his escape from a palace with the assistance of a trusted friend while a group of guards and their dogs sleep outside the palace walls, recto pen and ink on paper, the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (r. 1627-58), holds a jewelled sarpech , cherubs set in clouds above him hold attributes of kingship, scales of justice and lamb and lion below, nasta'liq identification inscription above, in wide white margins Recto painting 12¼ x 8¼in. (31 x 21cm.); verso painting 9 7/8 x 5½in. (25 x 14cm.); folio 18¼ x 12 3/8in. (46.5 x 31.5cm.)
A FOLIO FROM THE DE LUYNES ALBUM
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1590 MID-17TH CENTURY
A FOLIO FROM THE DE LUYNES ALBUM MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1590 MID-17TH CENTURY Verso, gouache heightened with gold on paper, depicting a royal figure making his escape from a palace with the assistance of a trusted friend while a group of guards and their dogs sleep outside the palace walls, recto pen and ink on paper, the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (r. 1627-58), holds a jewelled sarpech , cherubs set in clouds above him hold attributes of kingship, scales of justice and lamb and lion below, nasta'liq identification inscription above, in wide white margins Recto painting 12¼ x 8¼in. (31 x 21cm.); verso painting 9 7/8 x 5½in. (25 x 14cm.); folio 18¼ x 12 3/8in. (46.5 x 31.5cm.)
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