Akbar
ca. 1590-95
Basawan
SSEA
Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, this is the right side of a double composition, and depicts Akbar slaying a tiger near Narwar, Gwalior in 1561. The action takes place in the clearing of a hilly wooded landscape with several other men joining the hunt. The image is overlaid by a panel of Persian text (four lines) on the left-hand side of the page.
- Maker/Artist
- Basawan
- Classification
- Painting
- Locations
- historical-region: Mughal Empire
- Dimensions
- Height: 33 cm Width: 20 cm
- Departments
- SSEA
- Accession Number
- IS.2:17-1896
- Credit Line
- Purchased from Mrs. Clarke, The Dingle, Sydenham Hill, S. E
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