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 viewClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
Collections
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)
about 1710
18th–19th century
early 18th century
17th century
17th century
18th century
about 1620–30
probably 17th century
18th century, about 1735
18th century
18th century