"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Chitarman, 1627

MEDIUMInk, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

DIMENSIONSH. 15 5/16 in. (38.9 cm)

LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Chitarman 1627–1670

Mughal court artist who painted Shah Jahan holding a jeweled self-portrait miniature in 1627–28.