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Painting

Painting

  • Place of origin:

    India (Mughal court production, made)
    Pakistan (Mughal court production, made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1590 (painted)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Painted in watercolour on paper

  • Museum number:

    IM.262-1913

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This illustration was removed from a manuscript of the Baburnama, the Persian translation of the memoirs of the founder of the Mughal empire, Babur. His original memoirs were written in the early 16th century in his primary language, Turki, and the translation was commissioned by his grandson, the Mughal emperor Akbar, so that the contents could be widely read in the empire. At least seven illustrated copies of the Baburnama have survived, datable to between 1589 and the end of Akbar's life in 1605. This page depicts the visit of Babar to his sister, Begam Khanzad, at Qunduz in 1510 and was probably done in about 1590.

Physical description

A begum attended by ladies receives a prince in her encampment outside a citadel. The red canopy above them has a border of lozenges in white, orange, green and black; the encircling screen is washed with red and its entrance is guarded by a man with a white turban. Various figures gesture in front of the gate to the citadel, while others gather in a line in the foreground, with two horses. Two lines of text are in a panel above the begum, and two more lines are in a panel floating against the screen below.

Place of Origin

India (Mughal court production, made)
Pakistan (Mughal court production, made)

Date

ca. 1590 (painted)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Painted in watercolour on paper

Dimensions

Height: 25.4 cm Painting only, Width: 14 cm Painting only, Height: 26.5 cm Page, Width: 15.8 cm Page (approx.)

Descriptive line

Painting from the Baburnama, ladies of the court in an encampment outside a citadel, watercolour on paper, Mughal, ca. 1590

Materials

Paper; Water-colour

Techniques

Painted

Subjects depicted

Men; Women; Horses; Equestrians; Tent

Categories

Manuscripts; Illustration; Paintings

Collection code

SSEA

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