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Portrait of Akbar with falcon

Portrait of Akbar with falcon

17th century
Object PlaceNorthern India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor and gold on paper
DimensionsHeight x width: 28.2 × 21.5 cm (11 1/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number15.41
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ClassificationsPaintings
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InscriptionsInscription in front: Persian inscription under blue margin. Inscription in back: Persian inscription in margin. Seven lines in Nasta'liq calligraphy and name Shah Akbar
ProvenanceBy 1913, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1915, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: January 7, 1915)