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A nobleman
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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.
National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own descriptionCredit lineA nobleman. dated 1687. Son of Ruknuddin. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art. CC0.
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