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Portrait of Prince Azam Shah

Mughal · Late 17th/early 18th century

Palette

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Artist

Mughal
Deccan

Date

Late 17th/early 18th century

Type

Painting

Medium

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Size

Image: 21.8 × 13.4 cm (8 5/8 × 5 1/4 in.); Outermost border: 24.8 × 16.5 cm (9 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.); Paper: 31.3 × 19.4 cm (12 1/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

Place

India

Period

17th century

Themes

Portraits

Main colour

Gold & ochre · lightness 65, colourfulness 27

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Guy H. Mitchell. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules