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W.697, Single leaf of a Portrait of Shahriyar

Abstract

This Mughal drawing is of a young man, identified by the inscription as Shahriyār, who was the youngest son of the fourth Mughal Emperor Jahāngīr (d. 1037 AH / 1627 CE). It dates to the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE. Shahriyār is shown in profile position, which is common in Mughal painting, especially in depictions of court ceremonies. The portrait is a preparatory drawing for a manuscript painting. It may have been at a later stage that the window frame and hand were drawn to suggest a jharoka scene. The buff-tinted and gold-sprinkled border is attributable to the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE. The portrait is inscribed shabīh-i Shariyār in red nastaʿlīq script.

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1. fol. W.697a

   
   • W697_000001_1200.tif
     Size: 236.1 MB (247,611,794 bytes)
   • W697_000001_300.tif
     Size: 11.0 MB (11,553,070 bytes)
   • W697_000001_sap.jpg
     Size: 794.8 kB (813,831 bytes)
   • W697_000001_thumb.jpg
     Size: 14.0 kB (14,302 bytes)

2. fol. W.697b

   
   • W697_000002_600.tif
     Size: 59.2 MB (62,085,700 bytes)
   • W697_000002_300.tif
     Size: 11.1 MB (11,602,552 bytes)
   • W697_000002_sap.jpg
     Size: 496.3 kB (508,238 bytes)
   • W697_000002_thumb.jpg
     Size: 8.0 kB (8,232 bytes)