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Shah Jahan

Painting
ca. 1710 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a large format album page of brick red with gold sprinkles, on which is mounted a profile bust portrait of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, shown as a white-bearded middle-aged man.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleShah Jahan (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Brief description
Painting, Shah Jahan, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Delhi, ca. 1710
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a large format album page of brick red with gold sprinkles, on which is mounted a profile bust portrait of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, shown as a white-bearded middle-aged man.
Dimensions
  • Page height: 45.5cm
  • Page width: 31cm
  • Portrait within borders height: 25.5cm
  • Portrait within borders width: 16.9cm
Content description
Profile bust portrait of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, shown as a white-bearded middle-aged man.
Style
Credit line
Purchased from Messrs Robert Riviere and Son, 29-33 Heddon Street, Regent Street, W.1
Object history
Purchased from Messrs Robert Riviere and Son, 29-33 Heddon Street, Regent Street, W.1. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project.

R.P. 1922-2126
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
The Indian Portrait: 1560-1860 London: National Portrait Gallery, 2010 Number: 978 1 85514 409 5 p. 102, cat. no. 27.
Collection
Accession number
IM.35-1922

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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