Object number1996.15.3
Portrait of Humayun
Date1700s
Artist
Currently Unidentified
CultureIndian
MediumOpaque watercolor and gold on paper
DimensionsImage: 9 1/16 x 5 7/8 in. (23 x 15 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Libraries, Special Collections: Gift of Ruth Lamb Atkinson, class of 1918
On View
Not on viewPeriod18th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, upper right corner in ink: 3 [circled]; upper center in Arabic: [name]; center in Dutch: Deeze is de derde Koning die in het Hindostanse rijk heeft geregeert in name Homaioen. [This is the third king who ruled the Hindustani empire, named Humayun.
Exhibition HistoryPeoples of Asia Hall, extended loan to the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, August 1980 - September 1995
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Currently Unidentified
c. 1790-1800
Culture: Indian [possibly Punjab Hills]
