A Night Celebration of the Prophet’s Birthday from the St. Petersburg album

Maker(s)
Artist: Attributed to Bulaqi, son of Hoshang
Borders: Muhammad Sadiq
Patron: Shah Jahan (reigned 1628-1658)
Historical period(s)
Mughal dynasty, Reign of Shah Jahan, ca. 1635; borders 1751-52
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 30.5 x 23.1 cm (12 x 9 1/8 in)
Geography
India
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1942.17a
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Album, Painting
Type

Album leaf with painting

Keywords
India, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Reign of Shah Jahan (1628 - 1658)
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Published References
  • Shanti Swarup. Flora and Fauna in Mughal Art. Bombay. ill. 137.
  • Wilma Komala. The Windsor Castle Badhah Nama and its Place in the Development of Historical Painting During the Reign of Shah Jahan, 1628-1658. Ann Arbor. pl. LXVIII.
  • Sussan Babaie. Isfahan and its Palaces: Statecraft, Shi'ism and the Architecture of Conviviality in Early Modern Iran. Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art Edinburgh. pl. 24.
  • Annemarie Schimmel. Islam in India and Pakistan. Iconography of Religions Leiden. p. 27, pl. XXIII.
  • Ali Anooshahr. The Mughal Empire from Jahangir to Shah Jahan: Art, Architecture, Politics, Law and Literature. Mumbai, India. p. 121, fig. 4b.
  • Milo Cleveland Beach. The Imperial Image: Paintings for the Mughal Court. Exh. cat. Washington, 1981. cat. 17f, pp. 175-177.
  • Milo Cleveland Beach. King of the World: The Padshahnama: An Imperial Mughal Manuscript from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle. Exh. cat. London, 1997. pp. 218-219, fig. 144.
Collection Area(s)
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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