The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of February 13, 2025

An Ambassador before Humayun
c. 1610
attributed to Miskin
(Indian, active 1570s–c. 1604)
Painting: 20.9 x 11.7 cm (8 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Humayun wore a special type of turban, his Taj-i Izzat (Crown of Power and Glory).Description
Humayun, the second Mughal emperor of India, son of Babur and father of Akbar, is enthroned in an outdoor royal encampment. The scene recalls Humayun’s 15 years of exile between 1540 and 1555, many of which he spent traveling through Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran, after an Afghan rebel ousted him from India.- Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).The Cleveland Museum of Art (7/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 46, p. 149-51.
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