MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | Two_Scribes_Seated_with_Books_and_a_Writing_Table_Fragment_of_a_decorative_margin_Northern_India.jpg (430x99) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: Two Scribes Seated with Books and a Writing Table Fragment of a decorative margin Northern India.jpg These exquisitely painted figures once appeared on the margins of a painting in an album made for the emperor Shah Jahan the ruler who built the Taj Mahal Illuminated borders were frequently used in royal albums where they served to frame and protect a wide array of cherished paintings and calligraphies The two seated men in this margin are either scribes or librarians the man on the left with an open book in front of him is reciting to the man seated in the center At the far right is a low desk with a cup pens and decorated manuscript pages We do not know the location of the painting that this margin once framed Perhaps it was damaged and only this element could be salvaged or perhaps it was taken apart and sold in several pieces circa 1640 1650 Opaque watercolor and gold on paper Overall 2 x 9 5/8in 5 1 x 24 4cm Brooklyn Museum object history credit line Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation Inc accession number 86 227 153 http //www brooklynmuseum org/opencollection/labs/splitsecond/painting php id 138 PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard 17th-century Mughal miniatures Small images 1640s paintings from India | ||||
