サザビーズのインスタグラム(sothebys) - 4月10日 21時55分

This striking image of a heavily bearded European man wearing a hat and a thick fur coat is a seventeenth century #Mughal version of a 1524 #engraving by #Drer of the powerful ruler Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony – one of the artist’s earliest patrons. The #artist has kept quite closely to the original, with just two major differences introduced – a book held in the right hand and the eyes looking towards the viewer.

European #engravings arrived in #India from the late 16th century onwards, brought by missionaries, travellers, diplomats and merchants. The imagery they contained was taken up by #artists and interpretations of European #prints became a major feature of local #art. The majority of subjects were religious, reflecting the sort of engravings that were brought to India, and so the copying of a near-#contemporary secular figure such as this was altogether rarer.

On view in our #London galleries from 26 April, ahead of our Arts of the Islamic World sale on 1 May.

#SothebysMiddleEast #IndianArt #MughalPainting #IndianMiniatures #AlbrechtDrer

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