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Aug 1, 2011
Aug 1, 2011
Sultan and Musicians
Sultan and Musicians
c. 1650
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Image: 16.9 x 20.4 cm (6 5/8 x 8 1/16 in.); Border: 20.3 x 23.6 cm (8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 2012.300
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A figure dressed in austere garments with a rosary before him listens to music while smoking a hookah. The peacock-feather whisk held by an attendant standing behind him is an emblem of his royal status. He listens intently to the percussionists and two singers with open mouths, who may be performing a work by a mystic of the Sufi branch of Islam, given the essential role of music in Sufism and the pious mood of the all-male gathering. Portraits from this southern region, known as the Deccan, are marked by subtle delicacy and sensitive realism.
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