Portrait of Shah Abu’l Ma’ali
16th century
Attributed to Mir Sayyid ‘Ali
Mughal
In this drawing, an elegant young man wearing the big, folded turban characteristic of the reign of Humayun kneels facing to the right. Beneath the figure a quatrain of Persian poetry extols angelic physical beauty.
Black ink, opaque watercolor and gold on beige paper
Mughal period