Ascetics with dogs in landscape / Artist Unknown Mughal Workshop, Uttar Pradesh / Attributed to

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Accession Number
1969/2.176
Title
Ascetics with dogs in landscape
Artist Nationality
Indian
Object Creation Date
17th century
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
India (nation)
Uttar Pradesh (state)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
India (nation)
Creation Place 3
Uttar Pradesh (state)
Style/Group/Movement
Mughal painting
Inscription
Small nastaliq’ inscriptions at bottom, but they give no real information: nabayid and [hi]nd?
Dimensions
22.22 cm x 34.29 cm (8 3/4 in. x 13 1/2 in.)
Century
17th century
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Primary Object Type
figures on landscape
Physical Description
The drawing is mounted on an album page of a yellowish color flecked with gold. There is a narrow frame in a slighter lighter tone outlined with gold and red lines. The main figure sits facing the viewer and is in a long robe. An emaciated, nearly nude figure faces him squatting with his hand on one knee. Another ascetic stands and offers obeisance to the master. One dog rolls around in front of him and another on a leash walks behind him. There is a clump of bushes to the lower left and a tree to the upper left tops a diagonal leading down to the right with a large group of twisted trees.
Subject Matter
This compelling drawing depicts a group of Kanpats, a very specific type of ascetic or yogi. Worshippers of Shiva, the Kanpats wore large earrings made of bone and kept dogs as pets. Working with brush and ink on paper, the artist has skillfully combined faithful observation of nature with a bold stylization of forms, a trait that characterizes the best of Mughal painting and drawing.
The small notations at the bottom give no information about the subject or artist, and may have concerned the placement of the painting within an album. It was frequently the case that Mughal paintings were collected and placed in albums, either at the time they were made or by later owners.
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Record
1969/2.176
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"Ascetics with dogs in landscape; Artist Unknown Mughal Workshop, Uttar Pradesh; Attributed to." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1969-sl-2.176/1969_2.176.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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