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Landscape with a House (watercolor, verso); Portrait of a Gentleman (painting, recto)

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The recto of this folio features a watercolor landscape. At the bank of a river, a brown house stands before dark green trees. The atmospheric background is comprised of blue-grays of various saturation. At the top is the following inscription in pencil: “Court of …” The verso of this folio features an unfinished portrait of a gentleman, cut into an oval. There are pencil traces of robe exposing a shirt and arms coming forward. His face has been painted, with a full white and grey beard and a black mustache. He wears a white turban. Company School.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Philip Hofer
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Title: Landscape with a House (watercolor, verso); Portrait of a Gentleman (painting, recto)
Description:
The recto of this folio features a watercolor landscape.
At the bank of a river, a brown house stands before dark green trees.
The atmospheric background is comprised of blue-grays of various saturation.
At the top is the following inscription in pencil: “Court of …” The verso of this folio features an unfinished portrait of a gentleman, cut into an oval.
There are pencil traces of robe exposing a shirt and arms coming forward.
His face has been painted, with a full white and grey beard and a black mustache.
He wears a white turban.
Company School.

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