Painting, the emperor 'Alamgir with a halo, standing facing left, holding a long straight-bladed sword. Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1700

  • SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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    14 days ago

    That’s a halo in the background. An artistic tradition borrowed from Western Christian art.

    (Unless that was a joke and I didn’t catch the tone lol)