Portrait of Rup Singh - Public domain portrait painting

"Portrait of Rup Singh", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Painting by Govardhan (active ca. 1596–1645)
Calligrapher:

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi (active late 15th–early 16th century)

Object Name:

Album leaf

Reign:

Jahangir (1605–27), verso

Date:

verso: ca. 1615–20; recto: ca. 1500

Geography:

India

Medium:

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions:

Page: H. 15 5/16 in. (38.9 cm) W. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm) Painting with border: H. 8 13/16 in. (22.4 cm) W. 6 5/16 in. (16 cm) Painting without border: H. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm) W. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Classification:

Codices

Credit Line:

Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955

Accession Number:

55.121.10.8

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Description

The subject of this painting, Rup Singh, son of Ram Chand (not Rai Chanda, as per Jahangir's inscription), was one of the officials at the court of Shah Jahan. The portrait is surrounded by verse fragments from a Persian masnavi, which belongs to Amir Khusrau's Khamsa (Quintet).