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A Portrait of Ibrahim Adil Shah II (r.1579-1627). India, Deccan, 17th Century. Depicting the corpulent sultan set against a blue-gray ground in a salmon colored jama and transparent robes with foliate hems and colorful lattice motif sash painted on gold, wearing gold and pearl jewelry and orange headdress while holding a sheathed sword, with peach colored border painted with gold foliate scrolls and mounted in an ivory colored album page with gold flecks, bearing Nastaliq inscription at top; the reverse with flowering poppies in a rectangular frame. Folio: 13¼ x 9 in. (33.5 x 23 cm.).

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Ibrahim Adil Shah II ruled in the Deccan Plains of Bijapur. Like his Mughal contemporary in the north, Akbar, he was tolerant of non-Islamic traditions and commissioned numerous works with Hindu themes. With a mystical bearing, he also achieved renown as a poet and great patron of the arts. Compare to a posthumous portrait discussed by P. Pal, Indian Painting, 1993 p. 331, where the author states that the absence of the rudraksha Hindu beads often depicted on portraits of Adil Shah II) and idealization of the face were the result of greater Mughal influence in the region, whereas the proportions of Adil Shah's figure and the swing of his sash are reminiscent of a well-known early 17th century portrait in The British Museum attributed to the Bodeleian painter, cf. M. Zebrowski, Deccani Painting, 1983, pl. VIII."

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