Bahadur Shah, later the Emperor Shah 'Alam I (reg. 1707-12), seated on a terrace, Mughal, late 17th/early 18th Century
gouache and gold on paper, blue floral inner border, brown outer border
225 x 255 mm.
There is a very similar portrait in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, from an album of likenesses of Indian rulers, circa 1670, which is identified as probably Shah 'Alam I, pictured before his accession.
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gouache and gold on paper, blue floral inner border, brown outer border
225 x 255 mm.
There is a very similar portrait in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, from an album of likenesses of Indian rulers, circa 1670, which is identified as probably Shah 'Alam I, pictured before his accession.