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Head of the courtier Iltifat Khan

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  • Description

    This life-size head of a nobleman at Shah Jahan’s court is a rare surviving study of a portrait from life, of the kind that the Mughal painters may have referred to when depicting a courtier in an imperial durbar scene. The artist’s first outlines and corrections are visible in the turban and the ear. This is the only known portrait of Iltifat Khan, who lacked ambition and retired early from imperial service.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › north India (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1640
    Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
    Associated people
    Iltifat Khan (active 1st half of the 17th century) (subject)
    Material and technique
    brush drawing with gouache on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 57.4 x 45.9 x 2.7 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 43 x 31.6 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    drawn (image) › line drawing › brush drawing,
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted
    Object type index
    visual representation › drawing,
    visual representation › calligraphy,
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.35

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 16 on p. 54, pp. 10, 18, & 204, illus. p. 55

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