Portrait of a man
Date17th century
Maker
Indian
Label TextMughal painting workshops fostered the marriage of local traditions with influences imported from both West and East. Like his son Aurangzeb after him, Shah Jahan’s portraits, for example, featured a flat picture plane—a local tradition—with the ruler at the center of the scene, his head silhouetted within a halo, a Western influence. Sporting the most fashionable hairstyle, clothing and jewels of his day, this man bears a striking resemblance to the adult Shah Jahan. Halo-less, however, this person is probably a nobleman, and not Shah Jahan himself.
Object number57.80
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Luminous: The Art of Asia", October 13, 2011 - January 8, 2012
San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Art, "Art in Asia and the West", (1957)Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions9 x 5 13/16 in. (22.9 x 14.7 cm)
MediumOpaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
Indian
early 18th century
Object number: 38.154
Indian
late 16th century
Object number: 45.69
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