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A charioteer riding through a rocky landscape with an entourage of footmen and musicians, page from a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614)

1616–17

attributed to Yusuf Ali

(Indian, active early 1600s)
Culture
India, Mughal, 17th century, made for Abd al-Rahim the Khan Khanan
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Page: 43.5 x 28.3 cm (17 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.322
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Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented tempera painting depicts a procession on a flat landscape within a floral border. On the right, a crowned figure sits in a horse-drawn chariot. Figures in orange, blue, and yellow tunics play instruments or walk alongside. At the upper left, a man drums on a camel near pink rock outcroppings. Three blank tan rectangles are inset within the scene, which features a distant building against a blue sky.

A charioteer riding through a rocky landscape with an entourage of footmen and musicians, page from a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614)

1616–17

Yusuf Ali

(Indian, active early 1600s)
India, Mughal, 17th century, made for Abd al-Rahim the Khan Khanan

See Also

  • Collection
    Indian
  • Department
    Indian and Southeast Asian Art
  • Type of artwork
    Painting
  • Medium
    Tempera
  • Credit line
    Gift In Honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by Exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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