17th century
A Rajput prince or emperor sits cross-legged inside a palanquin. He holds up a circle of beads in his right hand. The palanquin is flanked and carried by two male attendants. The dabs of pigment serve as cues to instruct the painter on how the work should be colored. Rajput Style.
21.6 x 19.1 cm (8 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
[Unnamed art dealer working near the Red Fort, Delhi] (October 24th, 1953); purchase by L.C. and P. Wyman, American couple; gift to Art Complex Museum, 189 Alden Street, Duxbury (1960s); purchase by Kathy Burton Jones [Norman Hurst], Hurst Gallery, 53 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge (2004); gift to Harvard Art Museum (2009).
Black chalk and brown wash on parchment, framing line in black chalk
17th centuryDutchBlack ink and gray and brown wash with traces of black chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black chalk and graphite
16th-17th centuryFrenchBrown ink and white opaque watercolor on blue antique laid paper, laid down on a laid mount
17th centuryDutchBrown ink, brown wash, and black chalk, with incidental black and red chalk around edges, incised, on off-white antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
16th-17th centuryItalianBlack and red chalk, with later additions of brown ink, red chalk, and gray wash, on off-white antique laid paper cut into an oval and mounted to off-white antique laid paper, framing lines and horixontal and vertical axes lines in graphite
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and gray wash on blue antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink
17th centuryDutchBrown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
17th centurySpanishRed, black and white chalk on cream antique laid paper, composite framing line in red chalk, brown ink, and gray ink
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment, autograph framing line in graphite
17th centuryDutchGraphite on parchment, framing lines in black ink, mounted
17th centuryFrenchColored chalks on off-white antique laid paper
17th centuryFrenchBrown ink, brown wash, black chalk on oiled antique laid paper, incised, framing line in black ink along right, top and bottom edges
17th centuryDutch