- Material / technique
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on silk
- Attribution / role
- Collection / source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artwork notes
Artist-wide context
Refined portraits and symbolic court scenes helped shape the image of Jahangir’s rule.
Materials, marks and colour
Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.
Media and surface
Brush-drawn ink and opaque watercolour allow both sensitive modelling and very fine detail.
Marks and structure
Careful outlines can retain the flat page while small tonal shifts build volume.
Palette and light
Gold grounds and observed natural colour belong to different kinds of commission.