Minneapolis Institute of Art
Portrait of Shah Jahan
India (Mewar)
- Date
- 1700–20
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
This posthumous portrait of the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan (r. 1628-58) probably would have been kept in an album, along with other illustrations of nobility wearing their finest silks. Foreign visitors collected these albums as souvenirs and exchanged portraits as symbols of political alliances. India, Asia
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