Akbar
ca. 1590-95
Basawan
SSEA
Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, this is the left half of a double composition depicting an incident when Akbar was hunting and was attacked by a female tiger (IS.2:17-1896). Here, his companions defend themselves from her cubs. The image is overlaid by a panel of Persian text (four lines) extending from the bottom right 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.2:18-1896
- Credit Line
- Purchased from Mrs. Clarke, The Dingle, Sydenham Hill, S. E
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