Archivo: Humayun and Babur (Late Shah Jahan Album) Babur detail

Descripción: Humayun and Babur (Late Shah Jahan Album) "Babur and Humayun with Courtiers, from the Late Shah Jahan Album" (Babur detail); India; ca. 1640; Opaque watercolor and gold on paper mounted on board; H x W (overall): 37 x 25.3 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 in); Purchase--Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler.Smithsonian "Babur and Humayun with Courtiers, from the Late Shah Jahan Album" The first Mughal emperor, Babur, who reigned from 1526 to 1530, is shown seated on the right with his son and successor, Humayun. Such posthumous family portraits were painted to recall the glory of the first Mughal emperors and to assert a ruler's direct line of succession to the throne from Babur. In this case, the patron of the painting is Babur's great-great-grandson Shahjahan." Smithsonian (inglés) (12 September 2017) Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond, Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 978-1-63557-077-9. (inglés) (2005) The Turks in World History, Oxford University Press, USA, p. 131 ISBN: 978-0-19-517726-8. (inglés) (1995) The Vision of Kings: Art and Experience in India, National Gallery of Australia, p. 137 ISBN: 978-0-642-13039-6. Writing My Truth: The Mughal Emperor Babur. National Museum of Asian Art.
Título: Humayun and Babur (Late Shah Jahan Album) Babur detail
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Autor(a): c.1650
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