Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto); Calligraphy (verso)

Muhammad Rizavi Hindi, 1764

Artist

Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)

Date

1764

Culture or place

Mughal India, probably Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow

Medium

Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Size

Painting only: 14.4 x 10.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/16 in.); Page: 28 x 23.8 cm (11 x 9 3/8 in.)

Type

Painting

Museum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Licence

CC0: free to use, no permission needed