Portret van Sjah Jahan
ca. 1630 - ca. 1650
Medium
alabaster with traces of polychrome
Dimensions
8.6; 1.2; 11.7
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
alabaster with traces of polychrome
Art Historical Context
### Portrait of Shah JahanThis delicate alabaster portrait, titled *Portret van Sjahahan*, captures the likeness Shah Jahan, the emperor who reigned from 1628 to 1658. Dated around 1630–1650, it measures just 11.7 cm high by 8.6 cm wide and 1.2 cm deep, suggesting it was a intimate, portable object—perhaps a collector's item or devotional piece. Crafted by an anonymous artist the sculpture retains faint traces of polychrome, it was once vividly painted to enhance facial features, clothing, and imperial regalia, a technique common in both Mughal and European traditions to bring stone to life. ...
About the Artist
anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...