Akbar
ca. 1590-95
Basawan
SSEA
Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Akbar stands in veneration before the shrine of Mu'in ad-Din Chishti at Ajmer in 1562. Outside the walls enclosing the shrine, in the lower half of the composition, holy men, sellers of flowers and food, and retainers mill around.
- Maker/Artist
- Basawan
- Classification
- Painting
- Medium
- paper, opaque watercolour, paint, painted, drawing
- Locations
- historical-region: Mughal Empire
- Dimensions
- Height: 32.8 cm Width: 20.1 cm
- Departments
- SSEA
- Accession Number
- IS.2:23-1896
- Credit Line
- Purchased from Mrs. Clarke, The Dingle, Sydenham Hill, S. E
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