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Small Portrait of Jahangir
June 30, 1615
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Jahangir 1605–1627
Small Portrait of Jahangir
IMG100620
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Indian Mughal period About 1615 Object Place: Northern India MEDIUM/TECHNIQUE Opaque watercolor and gold on paper DIMENSIONS 12.5 x 9.5 cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.) COLLECTIONS Asia CLASSIFICATIONS Paintings INSCRIPTIONS Two lines of Persian on reverse PROVENANCE By 1916, purchased in India by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)
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