Description
This small drawing, Walters manuscript leaf W.700, is a portrait of the 5th Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (died 1076 AH/AD 1666). The image is surrounded by a border of buff-tinted, gold-sprinkled paper.
Conservation
Date
Description
Narrative
7/15/1964
Treatment
re-housed
8/26/1975
Examination
examined for condition
11/07/1984
Treatment
examined for condition; re-housed
11/12/1984
Treatment
examined for exhibition; re-housed
3/25/1999
Treatment
mounted; re-housed
10/14/2009
Examination
examined for exhibition
Exhibitions
Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985.
Provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
