Lot 271
A dervish wandering in a landscape with a dog Mughal, first half of the 17th Century
25 October 2021, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetLot to be sold without reserve
£8,000 - £12,000
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A dervish wandering in a landscape with a dog
Mughal, first half of the 17th Century
Mughal, first half of the 17th Century
gouache on paper, separate section added at a later date to extend the upper part of the tree and sky, laid down on later card with grey and blue borders with gold ruled margins
painting 134 x 71 mm.; with borders 178 x 111 mm.
painting 134 x 71 mm.; with borders 178 x 111 mm.
Footnotes
Provenance
With Kunsthaus Schaller, Stuttgart (label on separate sheet of paper previously attached to frame), probably 1920s-30s.
Private UK collection.
The subject of wandering holy men was a recurring one in Mughal painting of this date. This is often attributed to the interest of Prince Salim (later the Emperor Jahangir) in the mystic practices of various religions. Individual studies of such figures became quite widespread in the first years of the 17th Century - several were included, for instance, in the Salim Album compiled for the future Emperor between 1600 and 1604, two of which wear cloaks with vertical dotted stripes, as seen in our painting. Others are accompanied by dogs. (See in particular the study of a kanphat yogi with his dog, illustrated in E. Wright, Muraqqa': Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty Library, Alexandria 2008, pp. 270-271, no. 29).