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Portrait of a standing nobleman

Mughal, circa 1660-80

Drawing with opaque watercolour and gold on paper, in a reduced album page with a specimen of calligraphy on the reverse

7 ½ by 3 ½ in. miniature; 19 by 9 cm.,

9 by 5 1/8 in. page; 22.9 by 13 cm.,

6 ¾ by 4 1/8 in.; 17.2 by 10.5 cm., calligraphy

 

Provenance

Private collection, Switzerland