Portrait of Emperor Shah Jahan, ca. 1680, Opaque watercolor on paper, 6 × 3 1/4 in. (15.2 × 8.3 cm), Individualized portraiture flourished in Mughal India beginning in the seventeenth century, even as more traditional, idealized ways of depicting facial features remained in practice. Here, an aging Aurangzeb is shown with a halo—a symbol of divinely ordained royalty. , India, Indian, Islamic, Mughal dynasty (1526–1857), Paintings
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Portrait, Emperor Shah Jahan, ca. 1680, Opaque watercolor, paper, Individualized portraiture flourished, Mughal India, the seventeenth century, even, traditional, idealized ways, depicting facial features remained, practice., aging Aurangzeb, shown, halo—a symbol, divinely ordained royalty., India, Indian, Islamic, Mughal dynasty , 1526–1857, Paintings
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