Folio from the Gulshan Album (CBL In 47.12), Virgil Solis, circa 1618

Folio from the gulshan album, compiled for mughal emperor jahangir (1569-1627). Three tinted drawings from iran are placed together with a nuremberg engraving and a line of persian calligraphy. The tinted drawing of a seated figure is signed by reza `abbasi (d. 1635). India, c. 1618. Chester beatty library in 47. 12. Date: circa 1618.