Guess the Artist

Your clues this week are:

• The artist was Indian, of the Mughal School, and active in the first half of the 17th Century.
• The European in the painting was a king whose mother and son were both killed by beheading.
• This is a detail from a larger painting that contains nine figures. The artist has painted a self-portrait at the bottom, as befit his social status.

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• The main subject, not shown here, is a ruler to the right in the painting. Although you cannot see him, he is sitting on a fantastic throne. In real life, he had many, many European luxury items that were given to him in hopes of creating a commercial agreement. The gifts accomplished that goal, but the people behind them had designs on a much larger goal -- one that prove disastrous for India. For bonus points, who was the unseen ruler in this painting, and what was the collective name of the original gift givers?

Please email me your guesses over the coming week. I'll post the winner and correct answer with next week's guessing game. Good luck!

Last Week's Answer:

Judy M knew that last week's clues added up to Antonio Saura's Brigitte Bardot (1957). Great job, Judy!

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