Bichitr

Bichitr
Self-portrait from Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings, c. 1615–18 (detail)
Notable workJahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
StyleMughal
PatronsJahangir and Shah Jahan

Bichitr (fl. 17th century) was an Indian painter during the Mughal period, patronized by the emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan. The earliest known painting of his is a mature work from c. 1615.

Most of his paintings are formal portraits, and a large number of portraits in the 1630s are credited to him. Stuart Cary Welch, noting that he painted the likeness of nearly every important personage from this period, calls him "the Mughal Van Dyke". He was active until the 1640s at least. Milo C. Beach concludes from Bichitr's clothing in self-portraits that Bichitr was Hindu.

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