Painting
A nobleman
Son of Ruknuddin
dated 1687
From the archive
A half-length portrait of a noble facing right with his right arm resting on a gold-bordered orange textile draped over a window ledge. His turban is draped in pearls, he wears numerous rubies, and his gold coat has a fur collar. The profile portrait within a jharokha window and the pale green ground are drawn from Mughal painting.
- Place of origin
- Bikaner, India
- Material & technique
- Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
The record behind the work
Place & date
FSG catalog field “Origin”: “Bikaner, Rajasthan state, India”. The pin uses the named locality, not the museum location.
Source & reuse
Smithsonian ↗
Source ID: fsg_S2018.1.44
CC0 — image and metadata released through Smithsonian Open Access, from the United States.
