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Portrait of a European   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Unknown (production)
Title
Portrait of a European
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description

Europeans first came to the Mughal empire in the late 1570s. By the early 1600s, there was regular contact between the Mughal court and Portuguese Goa, and merchants and adventurers came overland or by sea from Europe. A few of them took up residence at court. Their presence led to the occasional appearance of European figures in Mughal paintings or on the border decoration of manuscripts.

This painting, which on stylistic grounds dates to about 1610, is unlikely to be a contemporary portrait of a 17th-century European visitor to the Mughal court, however. Details of his dress (the pinked boots and the open-fronted ruff) are seen in European portraits of the 1580s, while the hilt of the rapier may date from as early as the 1560s, suggesting that the Mughal artist used a painting as his model.
Date circa 1590
date QS:P571,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(made)
Medium Opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Dimensions Height: 29.5 cm, Width: 18.3 cm
institution QS:P195,Q213322
Accession number
IM.386-1914
Object history The painting was bought by the museum from the renowned dealer Mr Imre Schwaiger in 1914.
References

Susan Stronge, Painting for the Mughal Emperor. The Art of the Book 1560-1650, V&A Publications, 2002, pl. 105, p. 139; Guy, J., and Swallow, D., (eds). ‘Arts of India: 1550-1900’. London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990. ISBN 1851770224, p.153, pl.131. T.Koezuka,ed; RC,TK,SS, catalogue; intro DS&TK; The Arts of The Indian Courts.Osaka 1993 No.10

Susan Stronge, in Jay A. Levenson, ed., Encompassing the Globe. Portugal and the World in the 16th & 17th Centuries, Reference Catalogue, cat. 1.8, p. 111.
Source/Photographer https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O17478/watercolour-portrait-of-a-european/

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