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| Keywords: A European.jpg en A European Object Painting Date ca 1610-1615 made Artist/Maker Unknown production Materials and Techniques Opaque watercolour on paper Museum number IM 9-1913 Gallery location In Storage Download image Summary More information Download PDF version This Mughal painting of an unknown European was probably painted in the first half of the reign of the emperor Jahangir 1605-1627 The Western elements of the man's clothes and the style of his European sword are broadly dateable to the 1590s suggesting that the anonymous Mughal artist based his painting on a Western portrait However the loose voluminous trousers are the kind worn by Europeans living in India and adapting their clothes to the climate making any conclusions about the artist's inspiration tentative The subject's overall appearance and the colours of his clothes are similar to another portrait of a European in the V A IM 386-1914 The painting was bought from Mr Arthur Churchill in 1913 as a portrait of Sir Thomas Roe who arrived in India in 1616 as the first official English ambassador to the Mughal court but does not resemble his appearance in authentic English portraits circa 1610 1615 made http //collections vam ac uk/item/O127268/a-european-painting-unknown/ author PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard 17th-century Mughal miniatures Watercolor paintings of men 1610s paintings from India Thomas Roe | ||||
