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Single Leaf of a Portrait of Shahriyar

Title	Single Leaf of a Portrait of Shahriyar
Author	Indian
Publication Date:	11th century AH/AD 17th century (Mughal)
Publication Place	India (Place of Origin) -
Subject	Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts, India, Nepal, and Tibet
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	H: 7 1/16 x W: 4 15/16 in. (18 x 12.5 cm); Image H: 2 1/16 x W: 1 5/8 in. (5.3 x 4.2 cm)
Library:	The Walters Art Museum
Record ID	W.697
Library Location	Not on view
Date	11th century AH/AD 17th century (Mughal)
Notes	This Mughal drawing, Walters manuscript leaf W.697 is of a young man, identified by the inscription as Shahriyar, who was the youngest son of the 4th Mughal Emperor Jahangir (died 1037 AH/AD 1627). It dates to the 11th century AH/AD 17th. Shahriyar is shown in profile position, which is common in Mughal painting, especially in depictions of court ceremonies. The portrait is a preparatory drawing for a manuscript painting. It may have been at a later stage that the window frame and hand were drawn to suggest a jharoka scene. The buff-tinted and gold-sprinkled border is attributable to the12th century AH/AD 18th. The portrait is inscribed shabih-i Shariyar in red Nasta'liq script.
Bağış/Edinim	Acquired by Henry Walters

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Single Leaf of a Portrait of Shahriyar

Author Indian

Publication Date 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Mughal)

Publication Place India (Place of Origin) -

Subject Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts, India, Nepal, and Tibet

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions H: 7 1/16 x W: 4 15/16 in. (18 x 12.5 cm); Image H: 2 1/16 x W: 1 5/8 in. (5.3 x 4.2 cm)

Library The Walters Art Museum

Record ID W.697

Library Location Not on view

Date 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Mughal)

Notes This Mughal drawing, Walters manuscript leaf W.697 is of a young man, identified by the inscription as Shahriyar, who was the youngest son of the 4th Mughal Emperor Jahangir (died 1037 AH/AD 1627). It dates to the 11th century AH/AD 17th. Shahriyar is shown in profile position, which is common in Mughal painting, especially in depictions of court ceremonies. The portrait is a preparatory drawing for a manuscript painting. It may have been at a later stage that the window frame and hand were drawn to suggest a jharoka scene. The buff-tinted and gold-sprinkled border is attributable to the12th century AH/AD 18th. The portrait is inscribed shabih-i Shariyar in red Nasta'liq script.

Bağış/Edinim Acquired by Henry Walters