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India: Princes of the House of Timur, Abd al-Samad (Mirza Ali), c. 1550.

This is the earliest known example of a Mughal painting. The painting is in colours and gold on fine cotton fabric. What has survived of the picture depicts a ruler seated in a garden pavilion and wearing Central Asian dress. He is flanked by two servants and faces a visitor. To either side of him are courtiers and nobles and, in the background, servants. The missing foreground probably depicted dancers and musicians performing a courtly entertainment. The central figure is believed to be Humayun (1508-56), the second Mughal Emperor; many of the heads were repainted to depict later Mughal rulers, creating a genealogical scene.
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Title:
India: Princes of the House of Timur, Abd al-Samad (Mirza Ali), c. 1550.
Caption:
This is the earliest known example of a Mughal painting. The painting is in colours and gold on fine cotton fabric. What has survived of the picture depicts a ruler seated in a garden pavilion and wearing Central Asian dress. He is flanked by two servants and faces a visitor. To either side of him are courtiers and nobles and, in the background, servants. The missing foreground probably depicted dancers and musicians performing a courtly entertainment. The central figure is believed to be Humayun (1508-56), the second Mughal Emperor; many of the heads were repainted to depict later Mughal rulers, creating a genealogical scene.
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Album / Pictures From History/Universal Images Group
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Image size:
4368 x 4010 px | 50.1 MB
Print size:
37.0 x 34.0 cm | 14.6 x 13.4 in (300 dpi)
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