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Vabhruvahana Approaches Arjuna, page from the Khan Khanan's Razm-nama

c. 1610?–17
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Sur Das Gujarati

(Indian, active 16th century)
Culture
India, Subimperial Mughal school, 17th century
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Overall: 35 x 24 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1960.44
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A tree with a whimsically mint-green trunk populated with birds and nests with eggs appears to the left of the block of text, in which the action below is described in Persian. Under the tree on a blanket is Arjuna, one of the main heroes of the Razm-nama. He is an extraordinary warrior and holds his bow as he receives his son Vabhruvahana, who has come to apologize for having captured the horse of the royal horse sacrifice––a major indiscretion.
This vertically oriented gum tempera painting features Persian script in the upper right. Beside pale purple-pink hills, a tall tree stands near Arjuna, a dark-skinned man with a bow seated on a red rug. A light-skinned youth bows before him, while two turbaned men sit to the right. In the foreground, soldiers kneel beside a flowering tree on the left as a man leads white and blue horses on the right.

Vabhruvahana Approaches Arjuna, page from the Khan Khanan's Razm-nama

c. 1610?–17

Sur Das Gujarati

(Indian, active 16th century)
India, Subimperial Mughal school, 17th century

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