Portrait of Jahangir Beg, Jansipar Khan

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Portrait of Jahangir Beg, Jansipar Khan

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"Portrait of Jahangir Beg, Jansipar Khan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Painting by Balchand (Indian, 1595–ca. 1650)
Calligrapher:

Mir 'Ali Haravi (d. ca. 1550)

Object Name:

Album leaf

Reign:

Jahangir (1605–27), verso

Date:

verso: ca. 1627; recto: ca. 1530–50

Geography:

India

Medium:

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions:

H. 15 3/8 in. (39 cm) W. 10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm)

Classification:

Codices

Credit Line:

Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955

Accession Number:

55.121.10.37

This artwork is not on display

Balchand (1596–1640) was an Indian miniature painter, brother of Payag. Balchand began his long career in the imperial Mughal atelier.

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1650
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