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Two Scribes Seated with Books and a Writing Table Fragment of a decorative margin   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL))
Artist
Mughal school
Title
Two Scribes Seated with Books and a Writing Table Fragment of a decorative margin
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
These exquisitely painted figures once appeared on the margins of a painting in an album made for the emperor Shah Jahan (the ruler who built the Taj Mahal). Illuminated borders were frequently used in royal albums, where they served to frame and protect a wide array of cherished paintings and calligraphies. The two seated men in this margin are either scribes or librarians: the man on the left with an open book in front of him is reciting to the man seated in the center. At the far right is a low desk with a cup, pens, and decorated manuscript pages. We do not know the location of the painting that this margin once framed. Perhaps it was damaged and only this element could be salvaged, or perhaps it was taken apart and sold in several pieces.
Date between circa 1640 and circa 1650
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1640-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions Overall: 2 x 9 5/8in. (5.1 x 24.4cm)
institution QS:P195,Q632682
Accession number
86.227.153
Credit line Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation Inc.
Source/Photographer http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/labs/splitsecond/painting.php?id=138

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