Birth of Prince Salim

Attributed to: Bishandas (Indian, active about 1590–1640)

Note: Not the original painting as no one from outside was allowed to see Mughal Females and this painting is solely based upon the artists imagination

Indian, Mughal

Mughal Period

About 1620

Object Place: Northern India MEDIUM/TECHNIQUE Ink, color, gold and silver on paper.

DIMENSIONS: Height x Width: 38.9 × 29 cm (15 5/16 × 11 7/16 in.) 

CREDIT LINE Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 and by contribution

ACCESSION NUMBER 14.657 NOT ON VIEW

COLLECTIONS Asia

CLASSIFICATIONS Paintings

PROVENANCE By 1912, Victor Goloubew (b. 1879 - d. 1945), Paris [see note 1]; 1914, sold by Goloubew through M. Meyer-Riefstahl to the MFA for $76,999.81 (total price for 14.532-700). (Accession Date: June 4, 1914)

NOTES: [1] Victor Goloubew was born in Russia but lived in Paris by the time of this acquisition. He formed this collection of Persian and Indian miniature paintings and exhibited it at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris from 1912 to 1914 (Paull, Florence Virginia. "The Goloubew Collection of Persian and Indian Paintings." Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin. Vol. XIII. No. 74. (February 1915) 1-16).