"Portrait of Jahangir Holding Flower", Folio from the Davis Album

Unknown

second half 17th century · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper · Islamic Art

While this painting offers a close rendering of Jahangir’s facial features, his slightly top-heavy body, stiff pose, and the dark background indicate that this is not a product of the imperial atelier. It could have been made at one of the provincial courts of northern India, or as some have suggested, at the Persian city of Isfahan by a local artist copying a Mughal image.

Artist

Unknown

Date

second half 17th century

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915