Mughal Miniatures / AKS-02

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Portrait of Jahangir Shah AKS-02
Portrait of Jahangir Shah (1605-1627) wearing a turban and gauze skirt
India
Gouache on paper
17th century
L: 5.6 in. (14.224 cm), 
W: 3.25 in. (8.255 cm)

Jahangir (b. 1569) stands facing right, wearing white outer garments with a gold sash at his waist, his transparent skirt showing his orange pants the legs of which are clearly visible below. He stands on a green grassy ground with a clouded blue sky in the upper 1/8th of the composition.