"Portrait of Rup Singh", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Govardhan|Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi

verso: ca. 1615–20; recto: ca. 1500 · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper · Islamic Art

The subject of this painting, Rup Singh, son of Ram Chand (not Rai Chanda, as per Jahangir's inscription), was one of the officials at the court of Shah Jahan. The portrait is surrounded by verse fragments from a Persian masnavi, which belongs to Amir Khusrau's Khamsa (Quintet).

Artist

Govardhan|Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi

Date

verso: ca. 1615–20; recto: ca. 1500

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955