{"product_id":"nur-jahan-holding-a-portrait-of-emperor-jahangir-canvas-cloth-print-c-1627","title":"'Nur Jahan Holding a Portrait of Emperor Jahangir' Canvas Cloth Print, c.1627","description":"\u003ch5\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNur Jahan stands at the jharokha window — the imperial balcony of formal presence — holding a miniature portrait of her husband Jahangir. He appears behind the window carpet, aged, his hair grey. She stands in her idealised youth; she would have been fifty at the time of his death. The painting holds that gap deliberately, the gap between power and time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNur Jahan was the most powerful woman in the history of the Mughal empire. She effectively governed the state during Jahangir's final years and had every reason to think carefully about what came next. This painting is understood as a political act as much as a devotional one — modelled perhaps on images of Jahangir himself holding a portrait of his own father, asserting legitimacy through the act of holding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe attribution to Bishandas, one of the great portraitists of the Mughal court, gives the work particular weight. His portraits are known for psychological precision and sensitivity to interior states. In this painting, that precision is directed at a moment of studied composure in a court on the edge of succession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisclaimer: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe frames shown are for display purposes only and are \u003cstrong\u003enot included\u003c\/strong\u003e with the artwork.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs these are made-to-order designer pieces, expect minor \u003cstrong\u003ecolour variations\u003c\/strong\u003e from the displayed artwork.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Brahm","offers":[{"title":"20 x 33 in","offer_id":45151602704407,"sku":null,"price":86.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"24 x 40 in","offer_id":45151602737175,"sku":null,"price":121.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"28 x 47 in","offer_id":45151602769943,"sku":null,"price":159.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/7711\/9511\/files\/ump_5a6b6dbd-8a33-4fc4-8ac1-819eabccb16a.jpg?v=1779305053","url":"https:\/\/www.brahmcollection.com\/products\/nur-jahan-holding-a-portrait-of-emperor-jahangir-canvas-cloth-print-c-1627","provider":"Brahm Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}