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| Keywords: The House of Bijapur.jpg The House of Bijapur Album leaf ca 1680 Kamal Muhammad; Chand Muhammad Attributed to India Deccan Bijapur Ink opaque colors gold and silver on paper 16 1/4 x 12 13/16 in 41 3 x 30 9 cm Purchase Gifts in memory of Richard Ettinghausen; Schimmel Foundation Inc Ehsan Yarshater Karekin Beshir Ltd Margaret Mushekian Mr and Mrs Edward Ablat and Mr and Mrs Jerome A Straka Gifts; The Friends of the Islamic Department Fund; Gifts of Mrs A Lincoln Scott and George Blumenthal Bequests of Florence L Goldmark Charles R Gerth and Millie Bruhl Frederick and funds from various donors by exchange; Louis E and Theresa S Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art and Rogers Fund 1982 1982 213 ca 1680 Ink opaque colors gold and silver on paper 16 1/4 x 12 13/16 in 41 3 x 30 9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art object history credit line Purchase Gifts in memory of Richard Ettinghausen; Schimmel Foundation Inc Ehsan Yarshater Karekin Beshir Ltd Margaret Mushekian Mr and Mrs Edward Ablat and Mr and Mrs Jerome A Straka Gifts; The Friends of the Islamic Department Fund; Gifts of Mrs A Lincoln Scott and George Blumenthal Bequests of Florence L Goldmark Charles R Gerth and Millie Bruhl Frederick and funds from various donors by exchange; Louis E and Theresa S Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art and Rogers Fund 1982 The nine cAdil Shahi rulers of Bijapur are assembled in a brilliant display of dynastic history Dynastic memories linger too in the depiction of distant seas for in earlier days the kingdom extended to the Arabian Sea and included Goa The picture was painted for the young man at the right Sultan Sikandar the last ruler of Bijapur who inherited the throne at the age of four in 1672 Bijapuri pictures are typically lyrical poetic even otherworldly but this relatively late work reflects the influence of Mughal naturalism in the sensitive portraits accession number 1982 213 http //www metmuseum org/Collections/search-the-collections/140010589 rpp 20 pg 1 ft Kamal+Muhammad pos 1 http //www metmuseum org/toah/works-of-art/1982 213 PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard | ||||
