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Collection Online as of February 1, 2023

Akbar Mounting his Horse; page from the Chester Beatty Akbar Nama (History of Akbar)

1605–07

This object has related works. See Circumcision ceremony for Akbar’s sons, painting 126 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)

attributed to Sur Das Gujarati

(Indian, active 16th century)

India, Mughal school, 17th century

Ink and color on paper; Nim qalam drawing

Image: 23 x 12.4 cm (9 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.); Overall: 43.2 x 28.2 cm (17 x 11 1/8 in.)

Dudley P. Allen Fund 1939.65

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

recto, upper right in Persian: "Wa zahi daulatmandi"

Provenance
?-1939
(Wells Objects of Art, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1939-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 779 archive.org
Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 18ii
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1939.65