Portrait of Emperor Shah Jahan

Individualized portraiture flourished in Mughal India beginning in the seventeenth century, even as more traditional, idealized ways of depicting facial features remained in practice. Here, an aging Shah Jahan is shown with a halo—a symbol of divinely ordained royalty.

Opaque watercolor on paper

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Anonymous

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Yale University Art Gallery

Date :

1680

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