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Shamsa (sunburst) with portrait of Aurangzeb (1618–1707), from the Emperor's Album (the Kevorkian Album)

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Maximum print size

72.1 × 102.6 cm · 28.4 × 40.4 in

at 300 DPI from the 8,516 × 12,119 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 24×36 inch frame.

Frame: 91.4 × 121.9 cm · 36.0 × 48.0 in
Mat opening: 72.1 × 102.6 cm · 28.4 × 40.4 in
Mat border, sides: 9.7 cm · 3.8 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 9.7 cm · 3.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: illumination 1640–55; original portrait c. 1640–50; altered after 1658
Medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper
Type: Painting
Origin: India, Mughal court, made for Shah Jahan
Orientation: portrait
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art ↗

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