Temporal Jehangir Frame:Stretched Canvas Apart from being the Emperor

Apart from being the Emperor who culled the arts and destroyed temples we also remember him as the son who imprisoned his father and mutilated his brother in a bloody struggle of succession

Reigning from July 31

Govardhan contributed to the Akbarnama and Baburnama and created many outstanding depictions of the court and its activities

Between 1679 and 1707

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Temporal Jehangir Frame:Stretched Canvas Apart from being the EmperorThis is a crop from a much larger painting of Jehangir holding a temporal astrolabe. The original was is perhaps the largest painting to have emerged from the Mughal period. The painting was created by Abu al Hasan who was the son of Aqa Reza (a leading artist of the Persian Safavid Court who later took employment under Jehangir) of Herat in Safavid Iran, a city with an artistic tradition. When Abu al Hasan began producing art a young age, the