Open daily. Always free.
Colorful painting of a royal figure seated on a throne and watches prisoners being hacked apart with a saw.  Background filled with grass and flowers. Ornamental clouds in the sky, a river in the foreground.

Ta'ir Being Put to Death

On View

Not currently on view

Unknown

Artist
Unknown (Indian)
Title
Ta'ir Being Put to Death
Date
early 16th century
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. Image
Credit
Gift of Jane Werner Watson
Accession No.
1972.40
Geography
India

Related

Ca. 1970-71, lent by Jane Werner Watson (Santa Barbara, CA) to Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 13 November 1972, gifted to Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Elvehjem Art Center. "Indian Miniature Painting: The Collection of Earnest C. Watson & Jane Werner Watson." Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1971. no. 10
  • Vajracharya, Gautam V. "Watson Collection of Indian Miniatures at the Elvehjem Museum of Art." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2002. no. 9

  • Title uknown [Indian miniature paintings]: University of Minnesota, 10/15/1976–12/3/1976
  • Indian Miniature Painting: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 9/8/1975–9/26/1975
  • Title unknown [50 Indian miniature paintings]: University of Wisconsin-Stout, 10/15/1974–11/1/1974
  • Indian Miniature Painting: The Collection of Earnest C. and James Werner Watson: Elvehjem Art Center, 10/29/1971–1/2/1972

The Chazen Museum of Art welcomes comments or inquiries about works in our collection. Please allow two–three weeks for a response. Chazen staff is not able to provide valuations or authentications and such inquiries cannot be answered.

"*" indicates required fields

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Name*