The Metropolitan Museum of Art

"Four Portraits: (upper left) A Raja (Perhaps Raja Sarang Rao), by Balchand; (upper right) 'Inayat Khan, by Daulat; (lower left) 'Abd al-Khaliq, probably by Balchand; (lower right) Jamal Khan Qaravul, by Murad", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Balachand|Daulat|Murad

recto: ca. 1610–15; verso: dated 1541

Attribution

Painting by|Painting by|Painting by Balachand|Daulat|Murad | | active 1595–ca. 1650|Indian, active ca. 1595–1635|

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Physical dimensions

Overall page: H. 15 3/16 in. (38.6 cm) W. 10 3/16 in. (25.9 cm) Painting inside border: H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm) W. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm) All four portraits: H. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm) W. 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm) Portrait (top left): Ht. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm) W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) Portrait (top right): Ht. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm) W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) Portrait (bottom left): Ht. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) Portrait (bottom right): Ht. 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm) W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

Credit line

Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955