2-740-263 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Shah Jahan, c. 1656-1661. Rembrandt drew a number of copies after Indian miniature paintings, and he based this sheet on a contemporary work of the Mughal school showing the emperor Shah Jahan (ruled 1628-58). The technique of this work is especially interesting because the artist used a Japanese paper, whose surface absorbs the ink in a very different way from traditional Western papers.