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Self-portrait of Keshav Das

Artist Keshav Das (North India, Mughal, act. ca. 1570-1604/5)
CultureIndian
Datelate 16th century
Mediumopaque watercolor on paper, heightened with gold
Dimensionssheet: 9 13/16 x 5 7/8 in. (25 x 15 cm)
frame: 15 1/8 x 12 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. (38.4 x 30.8 x 4.1 cm)
Classification(s)
  • EASTERN
Credit LineMuseum purchase, Karl E. Weston Memorial Fund
Terms
  • Kesu Das
  • portrait
  • landscape
Object number81.44
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Inscribedverso in black ink and gold: [four columns of calligraphic inscription]; verso lower register: [cartouche with gold inscription]; verso l.c. in blue pencil: 128
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Provenance(Sotheby's) auction 4/12/76, lot 68, to; (Doris Wiener Gallery, NYC); sold to present collection, 1981
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