Shamsa (sunburst) with portrait of Aurangzeb (1618–1707), from the Emperor's Album (the Kevorkian Album)
illumination 1640–55; original portrait c. 1640–50; altered after 1658
Bichitr
Bichitr (Indian, active c. 1615–50)
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Maker/Artist
- Bichitr
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Gum tempera and gold on paper
- Medium
- Gum tempera, Gold on paper
- Locations
- country: India, : Mughal court, : made for Shah Jahan
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2013.331
- Credit Line
- Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
- Rights Statement
- cc0
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