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Gurū Gobind Singh Jī

Gurū Gobind Singh Jī

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This miniature painting portrays one of the ten Sikh Gurus (spiritual teachers) who founded Sikhism, a religion that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent beginning in the late fifteenth century. The inscription, written in Punjabi script at the top of the painting, identifies the spiritual leader as Gobind Singh (1666–1708). According to tradition, Gobind Singh was the last of the ten founding Sikh Gurus.
Artist
Unknown (Indian, Punjabi)
Title
Gurū Gobind Singh Jī
Date
late 18th century
Medium
Gouache and gilt pigments on paper
Dimensions
5 x 5 3/4 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Mr. Wolf Ladejinsky
Accession No.
68.28.18
Geography
India

Related

by 1967, purchased by Mr. Wolf Ladejinsky (Washington D.C.) probably* in Asia; December 1968, gifted to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. *The object file contains a letter from Mr. Ladejinsky’s art appraiser stating that “I believe his objects were purchased recently…in the Far East.”

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