Babur and Humayun Medium:Archival Paper and stars) makers in Lahore

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

using opaque water color and gold is actually a page from an imperial album assembled for Shah Jahan toward the end of his reign

Shah Jahan chose to link these symbols of peace and justice with divine sanction for his rule

The work incorporates the motif of a lion and calf living in peace under the emperor’s benign rule

Babur and Humayun Medium:Archival Paper and stars) makers in LahoreHere 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