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| Keywords: Allegorical portrait of Jahangir (6124538863).jpg en Display Artist Ghulam Ali Khan Media Support Opaque watercolor and gold on paper Creation Date 19th century Creation Place/Subject India State-Province New Delhi Court Mughal School Late Mughal Display Dimensions 10 29/32 in x 7 3/32 in 27 7 cm x 18 cm Credit Line Edwin Binney 3rd Collection Accession Number 1990 409 Collection http //www sdmart org/art/our-collection/asian-art The San Diego Museum of Art Label Copy Later Mughals Installation August 2003 With reality increasingly grim for the Mughal dynasty in the 19th century painters were called upon to reconstruct a more glorious time Here Ghulam Ali Khan painting during the last years of the Mughal dynasty resorts to allegory to describe the noble lineage and grand mission of the emperor Jahangir ruled 1605-1627 to combat injustice Poised on the world conjured up in a very generalized map that is set on the back of an elephant standing atop a fish Jahangir has let loose one arrow into the mouth and neck of a severed head and pulls back his bow to fire another Above heavenly messengers in the form of putti are ready to supply him with more Owls and a whip are aligned with the pole supporting the head Suspended between the world and the place of sentence is a line of bells like those would be rung to register a complaint with the emperor during his morning public appearance at the window 2001-10-15 14 14 37 https //www flickr com/photos/thesandiegomuseumofartcollection/6124538863/ Flickr en thesandiegomuseumofartcollection PD-old-100 Files from the San Diego Museum of Art to be checked | ||||
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