Collection Connection
The new selection of impressive works in the South Asian galleries, drawn from loans and the museum's own collection, continue the themes of courtly life presented in the Maharaja exhibition. See royal portraits and paintings of processions, hunting scenes, courtly entertainments, as well as a court costume and some royal jewelry. Don't miss the finely-crafted silver female figure (located in the metalwork case)—it relates closely in style and workmanship with the silver throne model in Maharaja.
The royal theme is also carried into the West Asian gallery, where a painting from the Shahnama, the Persian Book of Kings is on view.
Connecting the Maharaja exhibition, United States and the museum are a pair of carved wooden chairs and a painting by the American architect, designer, artist Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932) who, with his business partner Louis Comfort Tiffany, brought Indian designs and workmanship to America in its Gilded Age. The chairs were recent gifts to the museum.
The works will be on view from August 29, 2011 to May 18, 2012.
