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| Keywords: Shah Jahan on a Terrace Holding a Pendant Set with His Portrait.jpg Shah Jahan on a Terrace Holding a Pendant Set with His Portrait dated 1627/8; Mughal Inscribed by Chitarman dated 1627/8 India Ink opaque watercolor and gold on paper H 15 3/8 in 38 9 cm W 10 1/8 in 25 6 cm Purchase Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift 1955 55 121 10 24 1627/8 Ink opaque watercolor and gold on paper H 15 3/8 in 38 9 cm W 10 1/8 in 25 6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art object history credit line Purchase Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift 1955 Shah Jahan's love of sumptuous objects is doubly manifest in this extraordinary portrait-within-a-portrait probably made as an imperial gift The work clearly grows out of the fantastic allegorical portraits of Jahangir especially in the treatment of the sky where the clouds inhabited by putti receive color from and frame the monarch's sunlike nimbus The technique and finish of the painting are superb Great care has been taken to render tactile as well as visual qualities the viewer senses the subtle contrasts between the flowered gauze of the emperor's tunic his heavy gold sash and his spinel-studded string pearls Each element seems related to an almost suprahuman degree The conceit that has the emperor holding a miniature portrait of himself intensifies the impact of this tour de force of illusionism The beautifully considered borders perfectly enhance the miniature by extending the glow of blue and gold to the edge of the pages Jewel portraits shast such as the one shown here were sometimes worn in the turban by nobles of the court However ironically Shah Jahan banned the wearing of shast-portraits in this manner in the very year 1627 this painting was made though as is evident they continued to be produced accession number 55 121 10 24 http //www metmuseum org/Collections/search-the-collections/140008581 http //www metmuseum org/toah/works-of-art/55 121 10 24 PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard 17th-century Mughal miniatures Watercolor paintings of men of India Paintings of Shah Jahan Halo religious iconography 1620s paintings from India | ||||
