Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
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.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
26667
label
Single Leaf of a Portrait of Shahriyar
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
26667
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Single Leaf of a Portrait of Shahriyar
description
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.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
11th century AH/AD 17th century (Mughal)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Manuscripts & Rare Books
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
18
height
12.5
dimensionsRaw
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)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Mughal Dynasty
RelatedObjects
83779
83778
med
ink and pigments on paper mounted on pasteboard
creator_ids
2191
collection_ids
MSS
ISL
MIS
INT
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
e5165d24a9997454