Artist

Bhagwan

Bhagwan is a Mughal Painting artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Bhagwan painted small, vivid portraits of Mughal courtiers for Emperor Akbar’s court in the late 1500s. In his brushstroke-precise Mirza Sulayman, the nobleman’s turban folds catch the light like folded silk. These images were meant to travel in albums, slipped between delicate pages for close-up study. Look for the way a single red jewel on a dagger hilt echoes the background’s ruby ink. Tap Mirza Sulayman to see how the artist framed dignity in a few square inches.

Works by Bhagwan

Collections represented

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

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