Mughal miniature painting - The Emperor Shah Jahan - Giclee on newest canvas

Mughal miniature painting. newest The Emperor Shah Jahan

High Resolution scan of a miniature I own. Retouched from original.

Giclee print on canvas :

8" x 11" with 2" extra border - total 12" x 15".

11" x 15" with 2" extra border - total 15" x 19" - Larger sizes available upon request

original is about 8' x 11" - Original available here - last 2 pictures show the original, front and back -

Original available. Bought it about 45 years ago in Jaipur - original is at least 200 years old [working on getting translation of the
Sanskrit text in back]

Mughal painting is a particular style of South Asian, particularly North Indian (more specifically, modern day India and Pakistan), painting confined to miniatures either as book illustrations or as single works to be kept in albums (muraqqa). It emerged from Persian miniature painting (itself partly of Chinese origin) and developed in the court of the Mughal Empire of the 16th to 18th centuries. The Mughal emperors were Muslims and they are credited with consolidating Islam in South Asia, and spreading Muslim (and particularly Persian) arts and culture as well as the faith.

Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram [5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), better known by his regnal name, Shah Jahan 'King of the World", was the fifth Mughal emperor, and reigned from 1628 to 1658.

Under his reign, the Mughal Empire reached the peak of its cultural glory. Although an able military commander, Shah Jahan is best remembered for his architectural achievements. His reign ushered in the golden age of Mughal architecture. Shah Jahan commissioned many monuments, the best known of which is the Taj Mahal in Agra, in which is entombed his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. His relationship with Mumtaz Mahal has been heavily adapted into Indian art, literature and cinema.

He owned the royal treasury and several precious stones such as the Kohinoor, worth around 23% of the world GDP during his time, and he has thus often been regarded as the wealthiest Indian in history.

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