Daulat (artist)

Self-portrait, c. 1610, from the Gulshan Album, c. 1610, Golestan Palace Library, Tehran

Muhammad Daulat (or Dawlat) was a leading artist in Mughal painting, active on imperial commissions between about 1595 and 1635–1640,[1] during the reigns of Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jahan. He began his career painting large narrative scenes, then specialized in portraits,[2] but later in his career seems to have specialized in highly ornate borders to miniatures.[3]

  1. ^ 1635 according to Rice, 149, 1640 per Grove; both agree on "c. 1595" as the start.
  2. ^ Rice, 172; EB
  3. ^ Welch, 136