DETAILS
- Artist
- Basawan
- Date
- 1555
- Medium
- gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- [object Object]
- Collection
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture
- Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
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THE ARTIST
Basawan
Master painter of Mughal Emperor Akbar's atelier who brought Persian and Indian traditions together on the page.
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