MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY

Shahzadah Sulayman Shikoh was the son of Prince Dara Shikoh, and the eldest grandson of Shah Jahan. A portrait of him by Ramdas is in the Royal Collection, London (RCIN 1005069.e) whilst a double portrait of him and his father was in the Ehrenfeld Collection (D. Ehnbohm, Indian Miniatures, the Ehrenfeld Collection, New York, 1985, no. 25, pp. 66- 67). A further 18th century portrait of Sulayman Shikoh, very similar to our portrait in its features, formerly of the Saeed Motaamed Collection was sold at Christie's, South Kensington, 7 October 2013, lot 279.