Jahangir and Qutb ad-Din Khan Koka
1616
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
About the artist
1616
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Jahangir and Qutb ad-Din Khan Koka is a 1616 paint by Manohar, a Baroque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting shows a scene with the Mughal emperor Jahangir sitting on a platform. He's under a red sandstone canopy. A young man stands behind him, holding a flywhisk. The people in the painting are identified by small Persian inscriptions. The emperor's foster-brother and other important people are also in the scene. They're all gathered on a terrace. To learn more about this style of painting, look up the technique of chiaroscuro.
The painting depicts Mughal emperor Jahangir seated cross-legged beneath a red sandstone canopy, with a young attendant holding a fly whisk above him. Below the platform, Jahangir’s foster-brother Qutb ad-Din Khan Koka stands in a gold short coat and green jama, raising his hands in respect. To the right are Raja Sangram, whose son holds the fly whisk, and Dalpat Ujjainiya, wearing the four-pointed jama of Akbar’s reign. The work, attributed to Manohar from Jahangir’s early reign, was later remounted into Shah Jahan’s album with added floral borders.
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