Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) is famous for his insight into the human condition and for his keen appreciation of light and shade, and his unusually rich awareness of non-European fashions. In the 17th century, the master made a set of etchings of people garbed in clothes uncannily similar to the north Indian attire of the time.
So how did a painter born 400 years before the invention of Google who never set foot out of the Dutch Republic know what 'orientals' wore? An answer may lie in the interactions between the Mughals and Jesuits.
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