'Portrait of Qilich Khan Turani', Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, recto: ca. 1640; verso: ca. 1530–50, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm), Codices, Painting by La'lchand, The sitter of the portrait was governor of Lahore, and later became governor of Kabul and Kandahar after the latter was captured from the Safavids of Iran in 1637–38. Many portraits of the nobles who served under Jahangir and Shah Jahan were collected in this album; typical is the positioning of the figure against a plain green ground and the use of the profile view
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Portrait, Qilich Khan Turani, Folio, Shah Jahan Album, recto, ca, 1640, verso, 1530–50, Attributed, India, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, paper, H, 15 1/4, 38.7 cm, Codices, Painting by La'lchand, sitter, portrait, governor, Lahore, later, Kabul, Kandahar, latter, captured, Safavids, Iran, 1637–38, portraits, nobles, served under, Jahangir, Jahan, collected, album, typical, positioning, figure, plain green, ground, profile view
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