"Portrait of Qilich Khan Turani", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
La'lchand|Mir 'Ali Haravi
recto: ca. 1640; verso: ca. 1530–50 · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper · Islamic Art
The sitter of the portrait was governor of Lahore, and later became governor of Kabul and Kandahar after the latter was captured from the Safavids of Iran in 1637–38. Many portraits of the nobles who served under Jahangir and Shah Jahan were collected in this album; typical is the positioning of the figure against a plain green ground and the use of the profile view.
- Artist
- La'lchand|Mir 'Ali Haravi
- Date
- recto: ca. 1640; verso: ca. 1530–50
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Credit line
- Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955
