File:Portrait of Rup Singh.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(2,713 × 3,996 pixels, file size: 3.34 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description

"Portrait of Rup Singh", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album Painting by Govardhan (active ca. 1596–1645)

Calligrapher: 

   Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi (active late 15th–early 16th century)

Object Name: 

   Album leaf

Reign: 

   Jahangir (1605–27), verso

Date: 

   verso: ca. 1615–20; recto: ca. 1500

Geography: 

   India

Medium: 

   Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions: 

   Page: H. 15 5/16 in. (38.9 cm) W. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm) Painting with border: H. 8 13/16 in. (22.4 cm) W. 6 5/16 in. (16 cm) Painting without border: H. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm) W. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Classification: 

   Codices

Credit Line: 

   Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955

Accession Number: 

   55.121.10.8

This artwork is not on display 

   Share
   Add to MyMet

   Description
The subject of this painting, Rup Singh, son of Ram Chand (not Rai Chanda, as per Jahangir's inscription), was one of the officials at the court of Shah Jahan. The portrait is surrounded by verse fragments from a Persian masnavi, which belongs to Amir Khusrau's Khamsa (Quintet).
Date verso: ca. 1615–20; recto: ca. 1500
Source https://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/140008575?rpp=20&pg=3&ft=jahangir&pos=46
Author Painting by Balachand
Permission
(Reusing this file)
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current14:35, 8 October 2012Thumbnail for version as of 14:35, 8 October 20122,713 × 3,996 (3.34 MB)Donaldduck100 (talk | contribs)VicuñaUploader 1.15

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Portrait_of_Rup_Singh.jpg&oldid=327943943"