Single Leaf of a Nilgai

1625-1650 (Mughal)

27.9 cm 20.8 cm

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Walters manuscript leaf W.865: this painting of a nilgai (also called a blue bull or Boselaphus tragocamelus), which is an antelope indigenous to Asia, is attributable to the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (reigned AH 1037-1068/1627-1658 CE). Such animal studies were p...

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John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore; given to Walters Art Museum, 2001.
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