Portrait of Emperor Jahangir Praying
Unknown Artist
early 17th century
Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Page: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm) W. 6 5/16 in. (16 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) Frame: H. 21 3/4 in. (54.6 cm) W. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)
Classification
Codices
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
29.160.19
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate portrait captures Emperor Jahangir, fourth Mughal ruler of Indiar. 1605–1627), in a profile view as he prays, rendered in ink and opaque watercolor on paper an unknown artist in the 17th century. about 11 by 6 inches, it hails from the refined tradition of Mughal miniature painting, often featured in codices—manuscripts or album pages prized for their portability and intimacy. Jahangir's reign marked a pinnacle of Mughal artistic patronage, blending Persian stylistic elegance with heightened realism and psychological depth in portraiture. The opaque watercolor technique, layerin...