The Earliest Datable Mughal Painting

Fig. 6: Portrait of Shah Abu’l Ma‘ali
Signed by Master Dust the Painter (‘amal-i Ustād Dūst Muṣawwir)
Mughal, possibly at Kabul, c. 1550-55 AD
Opaque watercolor on paper
Folio: c. 38.4x25 cm
Image: c. 14.3x17.4 cm

Collection of H.H. Princess Catherine Aga Khan, M. 126
Courtesy Aga Khan Museum, reproduced by kind permission