A STANDING PORTRAIT OF PROPHET YUSUF (JOSEPH)
Possibly Hyderabad, Deccan, Central India, 19th century

Opaque pigments and ink heightened with gold on paper, the small vertical-format standing portrait depicting Prophet Yusuf (Joseph in the Biblical tradition) with a flaming halo, holding a golden walking stick, clad in the fashion of Mughal emperors and courtly officials with a long gold-embroidered orange jama, tighten with a striped floral belt around the waist, the same design repeated on his turban, a pair of Persian-style tall black boots on his feet, and several strands of pearls around his chest, set against a field with three rows of red and white flowers, within black and gold rules, backed on fragments of wasli paper, 16.8cm x 13cm.