Shah Jahan — About This Work
Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1656–61
About the Work
Shah Jahan stands in a long robe, described through brown ink and wash. The upright figure holds the sheet with a measured stillness, while the drawn details invite a closer examination of dress and stance.
The museum identifies this as one of Rembrandt's drawings after Indian miniatures. It relates the model to an album likely studied in the Netherlands, preserving the qualification around how the source reached him.
This is therefore an encounter mediated through another image. The drawing records Rembrandt's attention to a Mughal representation rather than a meeting with the emperor, a distinction that is essential to its historical setting.
The Work
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn
Title: Shah Jahan
Date: c. 1656–61
Medium: Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash
Recorded dimensions: 17.1 × 22.5 cm (W × H)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession number: 1978.38
Print & Presentation
Palatine presentation: 30 × 30 cm Classic Frame, portrait.
The complete artwork is reproduced at its recorded scale, subject only to negligible whole-pixel rounding, without enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion. The surrounding white presentation area accommodates the artwork within the framed presentation and is incorporated into the print rather than added as a separate mount.
Frame finishes: Black, White or Natural.
Paper & glazing: Enhanced Matte + Perspex; or Enhanced Matte + Moth-Eye.
Why Original Scale?
Most art-print shops offer the same image in a choice of Small, Medium and Large sizes. We take a different approach. For each edition, we begin with the recorded dimensions of the original work and reproduce the complete image at that scale, preserving its proportions and avoiding enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion.
Source: Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0. Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund. 1978.38.
Care: Display in a dry interior away from prolonged direct sunlight and sources of moisture.
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