is that authentic? a portrait of emperor jahangir by rembrandt? did he actually draw it from life, or basing it on other pictures, capturing the dress, features, etc?

Rembrandt never visited India. He must have made these sketches based on other Mughal paintings of the time.

Why did Rembrandt copy almost two dozen Moghul miniatures? Zirka Z. Filipczak, Williams College To copy Moghul miniatures was a strange move for a seventeenth-century artist, and to draw so many of them even stranger. The standard explanation for these unusual copies from the 1650s is that Rembrandt recorded contemporary and recent Indian attire since he believed it continued that worn in biblical times. Yet his copies omit much of the clothing’s detailing. Also, why make almost two dozen copies when only two of his compositions incorporate specifically Moghul dress? Read more: http://bit.ly/T3jq4V

Sameer Khan

So different to his normal style!

Looking at the amount of sketches Rembrandt did (at least as shown by RBSI), I wonder, did Rembrandt visited India?

Any confirmation please...?

Achie Emzita-Jeanes: Rembrandt did not visit India!