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Akbar Mounting his Horse; page from the Chester Beatty Akbar Nama (History of Akbar)

1605–07

attributed to Sur Das Gujarati

(Indian, active 16th century)
India, Mughal school, 17th century
Gum tempera and ink on paper; Nim qalam drawing
Image: 23 x 12.4 cm (9 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.); Overall: 43.2 x 28.2 cm (17 x 11 1/8 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1939.65
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

In nim qalam drawings, literally "half pen" in Persian, most of the composition is done with monochrome washes, with only a few areas brightly colored or embellished with gold.
  • ?-1939
    (Wells Objects of Art, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1939-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Hollis, Howard. "Two Mughal Miniatures." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 27, no. 6 (June 1940): 91–92, 94–97. Mentioned: p. 92; Reproduced: p. 94. www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 779 archive.org
    Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 18ii, pp. 70–72.
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