Title
Nur Jahan, holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir, c. 1627. Creator: Bishandas (Indian).
Caption
Nur Jahan, holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir, c. 1627. The empress Nur Jahan, Jahangir?s favorite wife, exercised influence in affairs of state. By all accounts, including those of Jahangir himself and European visitors to the Mughal court, she was a remarkable and brilliantly capable woman. This painting may have been made shortly after the death of Jahangir. He appears aged in his portrait, and it echoes a similar composition from another painting in which Jahangir holds a painted portrait of his deceased father, Akbar.
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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Reference
HRM19F95_418
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93,6Mb (9,2Mb) / 14,6in x 24,9in / 4386 x 7456 (300dpi)