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Posted on: 14 November 2012
Drawn by Rembrandt
ca. 1656-1661
Dutch
A Mughal nobleman on horseback; after a Mughal miniature, a man, with slight beard, holding a two-headed lance seated on a horse which is rearing to right. c.1656-1661.
Pen and brown ink with brown and grey wash, touched with red and yellow chalk and white heightening and with some scraping-out, on oriental paper; the lance drawn with a ruler.
© Trustees of the British Museum
Never come across this work of Rembrandt before!
The above nobleman is supposed to be Shah Jahan. Rembrandt was a collector of Mughal miniatures and is supposed to have made some copies too. Rembrandt's Mughal miniatures can be viewed at Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna and Louvre, Paris.
did he come to India?
He never had much money, wonder how much they cost?
wow
RBSI : Maybe, you could arrange for the book "The Influence of Mughal Miniatures on the Art of Rembrandt".