Collection
North India, India
- Title
- Portrait of Khuda-Banda Khan, son of Amir-ul-umara
- Place of origin
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North India →
India
- Period
- Late Mughal circa 1720 - 1857 → India
- Year
- circa 1720-1750
- Media categories
- Miniature, Painting, Watercolour
- Materials used
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
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20.0 x 13.5cm image; 22.5 x 16.0cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1962
- Accession number
- EP4.1962
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Amir-ul-umra Ali Mardan Khan the father of the subject of this portrait, Khuda-banda Khan, was appointed the governor of Kashmir by Shahjahan. He was a general and nobleman held in great esteem by Shahjahan. Compare with the portrait of Ali Mardan Khan held in the National Museum, Delhi. Published in Daljeet (1999) "Mughal and Deccani Painting", pg.81.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, March 2002.
- Bibliography (2)
-
Jim Masselos, Divine and Courtly Life in Indian Painting 1991, Domain, 1991. cat.no. 3.4
Haema Sivanesan, Indian Painting 2001, 'Indian Painting', verso of poster., Sydney, 2001. cat.no. 3.4
- Exhibition history (3)
-
Divine and Courtly Life in Indian Painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Oct 1991–08 Jan 1992
Indian Painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Apr 2001–11 Jun 2001
Shahzia Sikander, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, 27 Nov 2007–17 Feb 2008
