Portrait of Shah Jahan (possibly)
late 17th century
Indian
Asian Art
- Maker/Artist
- Indian
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Ink drawing with slight color on paper, mounted on gold-sprinkled border
- Locations
- Place made: India
- Dynasty
- Mughal
- Dimensions
- sheet: 12 x 7 7/8 in. (30.5 x 20.0 cm) image: 6 x 3 1/4 in. (15.2 x 8.3 cm)
- Inscribed
- Lower left corner, in Persian: Manohar 902 [circa A.D. 1666] The Persian script in the lower left corner, which spells "servant," is the introductory word of the text that continues on the next page.
- Departments
- Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 86.227.164
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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