BISHAN DAS, along with Abul Hasan and Mansur, was a leading painter at the court of Jehangir. Considered 'unparalelled in taking likenesses' by the Emperor, he was chosen for a mission to Iran for making portraits of Shah Abbas and other royal dignitaries. BISHAN DAS by Daulat, ca 1605-9. AfterJM.C. Beach, The Grand Mogul 1978 DIEGO VELAZQUEZ (1599-1660), the Spanish contemporary of Rembrandt and Rubens, was a court painter of Philip IV. A master of illusionistic realism, he painted with an impressionist flourish and a penchant for silver-grey tonalities. Amor his other works the portrait of Pope Innocent X (AD. 1650), The Toilet of Venus (about A.D. 1650) are well-known. DIEGO VELAZQUEZ, Self-portarit from Las Meninas