Drawing — 1556-1605

Drawing, ink on paper, with a few areas of light colour wash in red and some gold, depicts Shirin entertaining Khusraw on the roof of a circular pavilion reached by steps leading from a walled garden. Female attendants play music in the foreground at left and others prepare drinks. Two attendants standing outside the pavilion hold respectively a wrapped sword and a sash, both emblems of royalty. In the background, inside the walls, are two bullocks harnessed to a water wheel and outside the walls is a distant landscape with a city at upper left. The features of Khusraw resemble those of the Mughal emperor Akbar as depicted in contemporary manuscripts.