Cleveland Museum of Art
Agra. Diwan-i-Chas
Photoglob Co.LinkedCulture matchlcp-fbb637cfa54c
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- Photochrom
- Culture
- India, 19th century
- Department
- Photography
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 313225
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This Hall of Private Audiences was built by Shah Jahan, who commissioned the Taj Mahal. There, he and the succeeding Mughal emperors met with courtiers and important guests. Several men in European dress exit the hall, while men in native garb labor in the lush gardens. The tiny figures emphasize the building’s grand scale. The rosy sky was an imaginative addition by the printers, as this print is based on a black-and-white photograph.
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- Credit line
- Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust
- Provenance
- ?–2018: (Bruno Tartarin, Photovintagefrance, Lorraine, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | September 4, 2018–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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