"Portrait of Maharaja Bhim Kanwar", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

A standing figure in a red turban and white jama, with a patterned sash and a red-hilted sword held across the body, stands against a turquoise ground. A gold-ruled border with calligraphy and a meadow of painted flowers surrounds the portrait on a warm buff page.

Look closer: Gold calligraphic inscription runs along the lower border of the page.

Artist

Nanha

Date

verso: ca. 1615–29; recto: ca. 1540

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2621 × 3931 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955