Jump to content

File:A Hindu princess committing suttee against the wishes of the Wellcome L0022809.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (1,150 × 1,726 pixels, file size: 1.17 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

A Hindu princess committing sati against the wishes of the Emperor Akbar but with his reluctant consent
Artist
Naw'ī, Mohammad Rizā, (-1610)
Title
A Hindu princess committing sati against the wishes of the Emperor Akbar but with his reluctant consent
Description
Depicts a scene in the work Sūz u gudāz ("Burning and melting") by Muhammad Rizā Nau'ī of Khasbushan (d. 1610). In the right foreground, on horseback, is Prince Dāniyāl, Akbar's third son, from whom Nau'ī received the story.
Date 18th century (Imprint)
Medium Gouache
Dimensions 22.6 x 16 cm
Credit line

This file comes from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. Refer to Wellcome blog post (archive).
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

Notes Other depictions of this scene are found in a manuscript in the British Library, MS Or. 2839, fol. 17v (see J. Losty, The art of the book in India, London c.1982, pp. 98-99, and N. Titley, Miniatures from Persian manuscripts, London 1977, p. 135) and a manuscript in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, no. P. 268, fol. 31v (see N. Titley, Persian miniature painting, London 1983, pp. 121-122)
References
Source/Photographer

https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/0c/7e/76c79965e6800f38203f77f69547.jpg

Other versions
Image extraction processThis file has an extracted image: A Hindu princess committing suttee against the wishes of the Wellcome L0022809 (cropped).jpg.
lang=en

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Public domain works must be out of copyright in both the United States and in the source country of the work in order to be hosted on the Commons. If the work is not a U.S. work, the file must have an additional copyright tag indicating the copyright status in the source country.
Note: This tag should not be used for sound recordings.PD-1923Public domain in the United States//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Hindu_princess_committing_suttee_against_the_wishes_of_the_Wellcome_L0022809.jpg
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

media type

image/jpeg

checksum

d402d41637657ef2f549b868c561f406103b8db8

determination method or standard: SHA-1

data size

1,226,745 byte

height

1,726 pixel

width

1,150 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current04:02, 9 October 2014Thumbnail for version as of 04:02, 9 October 20141,150 × 1,726 (1.17 MB)Fæ=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Artwork |artist = |author = |title = A Hindu princess committing suttee against the wishes of the |description = A Hindu princess committing suttee against the wishes of the Emperor Akb...

The following page uses this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_Hindu_princess_committing_suttee_against_the_wishes_of_the_Wellcome_L0022809.jpg"