Cleveland Museum of Art
Agra. The Fort
Photoglob Co.LinkedCulture matchlcp-fbb637cfa54c
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- Photochrom
- Culture
- India, 19th century
- Department
- Photography
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 313226
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Known as the Red Fort because of the rosy sandstone used to build it; the fort was a walled city that served as home to the Mughal emperors until 1638. The height and massiveness of the walls are emphasized by the inclusion of the Indian travelers resting in the foreground. It took 1,444,000 builders eight years to build the sandstone fort, which was completed in 1573.
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- Credit line
- Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust
- Provenance
- Bruno Tartarin, Photovintagefrance, Lorraine, France | September 4, 2018: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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