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Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from the Prince Salim Album by Mir Sayyid Ali

Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from the Prince Salim Album

Mir Sayyid Ali · c. 1556–60; border c. 1602

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Palette

Tan
 49% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.4:1
Copper
 33% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.3:1
Blue-grey
 8% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.0:1
Bronze
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1
Ash
 1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1
Pale stone
 1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.5:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Mir Sayyid Ali
Persian, active in Iran 1540s–50, active in India 1555–1580
Date
c. 1556–60; border c. 1602
Type
Painting
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper, laid down on an album page with cream borders decorated with gold flowers and geometric motifs
Size
Overall: 23.3 x 14.9 cm (9 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Place
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Period
16th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 59, colourfulness 33

Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Cleveland Museum of Art marks it public domain (share_license_status = CC0). Europe: Artist died 1580: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1651. Last checked 2026-10-31 (share_license_status is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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