Drawing
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ヴィクトリア&アルバート博物館
ロンドン, イギリス
所蔵者はわかっています。いま展示されているかどうかは美術館が公表しておらず、当て推量は私どもの流儀ではありません。
- この状態になった日
- 2026年9月25日
- 出典
- 美術館自身の所蔵データ
作品について
The drawing of cranes in ink on paper may have been done by Mansur, one of the leading artists of the Mughal court in the early 17th century, during the reign of Jahangir (r. 1605-1627). The emperor's memoirs show him to have been keenly interested in all aspects of the natural world. He kept a pair of saras cranes for at least five years, studying them carefully and interspersing his account of the events of courtly life with details about the birds' nesting habits.
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An 18th century copy of a lost 17th century painting of cranes by Mansur is in the V&A (IM.122A-1921), and its composition is close to this drawing. In other cases, where copies and the original work have survived, the signatures or attributions on the originals have been included in the copy. Mansur was given the title "Nadir al-asr", or Wonder of the Age, by Jahangir, and was renowned for his studies of birds, animals and flowers. Minor corrections may be seen in the drawing. For one of the birds, an alternative leg has been drawn and partly erased.
ヴィクトリア&アルバート博物館
作品データ
- 収蔵番号
- IM.42-1925
What it shows
カタログ収録
出典
- ヴィクトリア&アルバート博物館: the museum's own open data · 4 日前に取得
- 画像： ヴィクトリア&アルバート博物館 — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
