An album leaf with a portrait of a Sikh Guru. Opaque pigments and gold on paper. Mughal Empire, India. 18th century

An album leaf with a portrait of a Sikh Guru. Opaque pigments and gold on paper. Mughal Empire, India. 18th century

A man wearing a turban, a yellow dress and a soft pink cloak with golden borders, seated on a terrace before a lush garden. On his right hand protected by a glove he holds and gently pets a falcon. Golden and turquoise floral borders with black rules, and neutral, gold-speckled margins with black rules. On the back different later markings and inscriptions. Framed under glass.
29.6 x 21.2 cm (leaf); 10.3 x 7.7 cm (miniature)

Provenance

Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia, collected in 1960s–70s