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Portrait of an Imam

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June 30, 1620
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Religion and Festival
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Jahangir 1605–1627

Portrait of an Imam

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Possibly by: Abul Hasan (Indian, active about 1600–1630)Indian, Mughal Mughal period about 1620 Object Place: Northern India MEDIUM/TECHNIQUE Opaque watercolor and gold on paper DIMENSIONS 10.4 x 4.9 cm (4 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.) COLLECTIONS Asia CLASSIFICATIONS Paintings PROVENANCE By 1912, Victor Goloubew (b. 1879 - d. 1945), Paris [see note 1]; 1914, sold by Goloubew through M. Meyer-Riefstahl to the MFA for $76,999.81 (total price for 14.532-700). (Accession Date: June 4, 1914) NOTES: Victor Goloubew was born in Russia but lived in Paris by the time of this acquisition. He formed this collection of Persian and Indian miniature paintings and exhibited it at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris from 1912 to 1914 (Paull, Florence Virginia. "The Goloubew Collection of Persian and Indian Paintings." Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin. Vol. XIII. No. 74. (February 1915) 1-16).

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