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Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
Mir Sayyid Ali (Persian, active in Iran 1540s–50, active in India 1555–1580)
- Medium
- Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper, laid down on an album page with cream borders decorated with gold flowers and geometric motifs
- Dimensions
- Painting: 12 x 7.1 cm (4 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.); Overall: 23.3 x 14.9 cm (9 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
- Culture
- Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Classification
- Painting
- Dated
- c. 1556–60; border c. 1602
- Pixels
- 2550 × 3400
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Mir Sayyid Ali (Persian, active in Iran 1540s–50, active in India 1555–1580). Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from the Prince Salim Album, c. 1556–60; border c. 1602. The Cleveland Museum of Art.