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Sultan Muhammad ‘Adil Shah of Bijapur (r. 1627–56) and his formidable prime minister, the Abyssinian Ikhlas Khan, sit together on a striding elephant. The prime minister rides behind the sultan, emblematic of his being the real power behind the throne. The double portrait of these two eminent figures from the Deccan is enhanced by the signature of the artists at left.
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Title: Botanical Painting: Geranium
Date: ca. 1630
Geography: Country of Origin India
Medium: Opaque color on paper
Dimensions:
Image: 6 11/16 × 3 15/16 in. (17 × 10 cm)
Frame: 12 3/8 × 10 × 9/16 in. (31.4 × 25.4 × 1.4 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
Accession Number: 2022.189
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