Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564, painting 90 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian 1551–1602)

Indische Malerei 1598–1616, c. 1602–3; borders added c. 1700s

Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564, painting 90 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian 1551–1602)
Artist
Indische Malerei 1598–1616
Date
c. 1602–3; borders added c. 1700s
Type
Painting
Medium
ink with use of colors and gold on paper, mounted on an album page with borders of gold-decorated buff and blue paper (recto); calligraphy by Faqir Ali (verso)
Dimensions
37.5 × 25.4 cm
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Indische Malerei 1598–1616