Portrait of an Emperor

A small painting shows a standing figure in a white robe with a gold sash, framed by a green halo, against a pale blue sky with trees and a low lattice-patterned wall over a pink ground. Opaque color and gold on paper sit within a dark blue border speckled with gold, in a Mughal-style miniature.

Artist

Unknown

Date

18th century

Medium

Color and gold on paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

2119 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art