Babur and Humayun Medium:Archival Paper was commonly produced and suggests

was commonly produced and suggests that artists felt that this was the most appropriate type of pictorial format to depict the elderly ruler

On his left nostril he had an extremely attractive fleshy mole the size of half a pea

after which his status became equal to that of his father

and stars) makers in Lahore appear to have excelled in this method

The present work’s provenance is currently being studied

Babur and Humayun Medium:Archival Paper was commonly produced and suggestsHere we see the first Mughal emperor, Babur, who reigned from 1526 to 1530, is shown seated on the right with his son and successor, Humayun. Ousted from his brief control of Ferghana, and eastern territory of Iran, Babur swept down on northern India at a time of political weakness there to establish the beginnings of a great empire. Such posthumous family portraits were painted to recall the glory of the first Mughal emperors and to assert a ruler's