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Well-connected into the Mughal elite through his own marriage and that of his daughters, Iltifat Khan, the subject of this sensitive portrait, is identified in a Devanagari inscription above. The slightly upward focus of his eye suggests that this drawing could have been a study for a durbar portrait in which the subject would have been shown at court gazing at the emperor along with other nobles.
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Title: Iltifat Khan
Date: ca. 1640
Geography: Country of Origin India
Medium: Brush drawing with pigment on paper
Dimensions:
Image: H. 16 15/16 in. (43 cm)
W. 12 7/16 in. (31.6 cm)
Frame: H. 22 5/8 in. (57.5 cm)
W.18 1/8 in. (46 cm)
D. 1 in. ( 2.5 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit Line: Howard Hodgkin Collection, Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions, Harris Brisbane Dick, and 2020 Benefit Funds; Howard S. and Nancy Marks, Lila Acheson Wallace, and Friends of Islamic Art Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and funds from various donors, 2022
Object Number: 2022.181
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