"The Emperor Shah Jahan with his Son Dara Shikoh", Folio from the Shah

A bare-chested man in a pink and purple garment sits on a gold throne-platform, with a young boy in yellow standing at his side. The pale green ground and the gold-flecked floral border with birds and peacocks frame the scene in opaque watercolor and gold on paper.

Look closer: A peacock is painted in the lower-left border, below the platform.

Artist

Nanha

Date

verso: ca. 1620; recto: ca. 1530–50

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Margins: Gold and opaque watercolor on dyed paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2692 × 3916 px

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