Portrait of Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur (?), ca. 1640

A man in three-quarter profile faces left, wearing a jeweled turban with a plume-like ornament, a pink-red garment and a dark collar, against a green and brown wash background. The color-and-gold painting on pale brown paper has a decorative blue and green border, gilded accents, and an inscribed cartouche at lower right, with worn edges.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1640

Medium

Color and gold on paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

2070 × 3000 px

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