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A detached album folio : seated portrait of Sultan ‘Ali Adil Shah II, Bijapur, Deccan, India,...
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A detached album folio : seated portrait of Sultan ‘Ali Adil Shah II,
Bijapur, Deccan, India, 18th century
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, facing right, reclining on bolsters, a floral sprigs in his raised left hand, his right to his chest, his tulwar near him, laid on card within black, gold and red rules, wide green borders, the reverse with short inscription or inventory reference in black ink, numerals in red and blue ink
Painting 15 x 10.5cm., folio 37.4 x 26.7cm.
Provenance: Property from the Private Collection of Toby Falk (1942-1997).
The Bombay painter, who has been identified as Abdul Hamid Naqqash, was perhaps the greatest painter of this late period and is responsible for several powerful depictions of the young Sultan (Navina Najat Haidar and Marika Sardar, Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700: Opulence and Fantasy, New Haven and London, 2015, cats.66 and 67, pp.148-49). The present painting shares many of the same features found on the portraits of ‘Ali II by the Bombay Painter: the style of the face, lips and eyes as well as some of the textile details, such as the curtain, which were favoured by The Bombay Painter. However, a slight compressing of the proportions of the body and stiffness in certain details suggests that this painting is more likely the work of one of his followers.
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