DETAILS
- Artist
- Chitarman
- Date
- 1627
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- H. 15 5/16 in. (38.9 cm)
- Collection
- Islamic Art
- Credit line
- Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955
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THE ARTIST
Chitarman
1627–1670Mughal court artist who painted Shah Jahan holding a jeweled self-portrait miniature in 1627–28.
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