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Tracing of a portrait of Shah Abbas of Persia

19th century copy of 17th century original
Object PlaceNorthern India
Medium/TechniqueInk and light color on skin
DimensionsHeight x width: 14.6 × 7.2 cm (5 3/4 × 2 13/16 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2676
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
ProvenanceBy 1916, acquired in India by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947) from Balak Ram Shah of Garhwal; 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)