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A group of ascetics, 1630-31

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dc.contributor.authorBritish Museum
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialIndia
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-05T23:52:07Z
dc.date.available2019-12-05T23:52:07Z
dc.date.updated2019-12-05T23:52:07Z
dc.descriptionAt the period of this drawing … genre pictures, and separate studies of Indian life in its different aspects, had already come into fashion, and … ascetics, both Hindu and Muhammadan, mendicant or otherwise … naturally formed the subject of many paintings. In this picture, both Hindus and Muhammadans are shown, the separate figures being carefully differentiated. A little stiff and symmetrical, the group under the holy banyan tree is nevertheless constructed with considerable originality. The signature appearing at the bottom left-hand corner reads 'Slave of the Lord of the conjunctions (i.e. Shah Jahan) 'Inayat 1040 A H' (A.D. 1630-31). 'They are seated around a wood fire under a great banyan tree, and the fire-light warms the cold flesh tints and the drab dervish robes with its glow. This kind of lighting is one of the romantic foibles of this time.'
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumcolour
dc.identifierANUA 682-3131
dc.identifier.otherIIP-1063
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/188082
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.rights.licenseThis item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.
dc.subjectMughal Painting, Shah Jahan period
dc.subjectpaintings
dc.subjectminiatures
dc.subjectphotograph
dc.titleA group of ascetics, 1630-31
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesBritish Museum, 1941-7-12-05

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