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An Elephant and Keeper

Unknown artist

Date: ca. 1650–60

Medium: Opaque color and gold on paper

Dimensions: Image: 7 1/16 × 8 11/16 in. (18 × 22 cm) Frame: 11 1/2 × 13 1/4 × 3/4 in. (29.2 × 33.7 × 1.9 cm)

Classification: Codices

Country: India

Themes: Elephants

Howard Hodgkin Collection, Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions, Harris Brisbane Dick, and 2020 Benefit Funds; Howard S. and Nancy Marks, Lila Acheson Wallace, and Friends of Islamic Art Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and funds from various donors, 2022

Date range
1625 – 1685
Largest dimension
22.0 cm
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