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A Holy Man Meditates (Shrine with Sleeping Ascetic)

A Holy Man Meditates (Shrine with Sleeping Ascetic)

DrawingsMughal16th century

A Holy Man Meditates (Shrine with Sleeping Ascetic)

c. 1560

Artists

DaswanthArtist

Mir Sayyid ‘AliArtist

Description

Beneath a gnarled tree, an ascetic sleeps with head on knees before a small, domed shrine. A small cook tends the fires beneath a pot in the foreground, and in the background a disciple gazes upon the ascetic.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and opaque watercolor over traces of charcoal on beige laid paper

Culture

Mughal

Period

Mughal period

Century

16th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

18.5 x 12 cm (7 5/16 x 4 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Stuart Cary Welch (by 1999 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum. Notes: Object was part of long-term loan to Museum in 1999.

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