The Mughal emperor Alamgir
1698
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1698
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Mughal emperor Alamgir is a 1698 paint by Ghulaman, a Baroque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting shows an older man sitting with hunched shoulders. He is dressed in white and has his hands raised. This detail is interesting because it shows the emperor's personality in later years, as he is dressed simply with no jewelry. The man in the painting is the Mughal emperor Alamgir. He has two attendants with him, one holding a parasol and the other a sunshade. The painting is done in a style that can be compared to the work of the artist Ghulaman.
The painting is an opaque watercolour and gold on paper portrait of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in old age, depicted being carried in a palanquin across a green hilly landscape. Dressed entirely in white, he sits with hunched shoulders and hands raised as if in prayer, accompanied by four bearers in red tunics, a yellow-clad flywhisk bearer, and attendants bearing royal insignia including a parasol and sunshade. A Persian inscription in gold at the top provides the emperor's titles, the artist's name, and the date. The work later entered the collection of Sir Robert Nathan before being…
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This artist painted portraits of Mughal emperors, working in the late 1600s when emperors were often shown in detailed, colorful pictures.
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