Dr. Mehreen Chida-Razvi (SOAS) – The Mughal Madonna: Representations of the Virgin in Jahangiri-era Architecture

Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London

The Mughal Madonna: Representations of the Virgin in Jahangiri-era Architecture Dr Mehreen Chida-Razvi (Research Associate, Department of History of Art & Archaeology, SOAS) From the arrival of Jesuit missionaries to the court of the Mughal emperor, Akbar (r.1556-1605), Christian imagery was depicted by Mughal artists in works on paper. Both Akbar and his son, Prince…