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Portrait of a Military Officer, Qulij Khan Turani
Portrait of a Military Officer, Qulij Khan Turani

Portrait of a Military Officer, Qulij Khan Turani

CultureIndian
Dateca. 1640
MediumBrown and black line with gold and colors on paper
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/8 × 6 1/4 inches (23.18 × 15.88 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number35-30/3
On View
Not on view
Exhibition History

Art of India, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK, February–March, 1949, no cat.

The Art of Greater India, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California, March 1- April 16, 1950, no. 96, as Portrait of an Officer of Emperor Akbar.

Miniature Painting of India, Pomona College Art Gallery, Claremont, CA, February 15–March 6, 1957; Pasadena Art Museum (title changed to Indian Miniatures), March 8–March 31, 1957, no cat.



Provenance

With Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York, by February 14, 1934-1935 [1];

Purchased from Kevorkian by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.

NOTES:

[1] According to the receipt slip, this object arrived at the Nelson-Atkins on approval from Kevorkian on February 14, 1934. It remained on loan until its purchase in 1935. Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG01/01, Director's Office Records: Paul Gardner, 1932-53, Box 1, Folder 23, Kevorkian 1932-50.

Published References

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art of Greater India: 3000 B.C.-2800 A.D., edited by Henry Trubner, exh. cat. (Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum, 1950), 58, plate 96, (repro.).

Ross E. Taggart, ed., Handbook of the Collections in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 4th ed. (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1959), 237, (repro.).

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