From the permanent collection · August 7, 2026
"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Chitarman · recto: dated 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, by Chitarman, recto: dated 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50.
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper.
From the collection of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955
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