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Source Description
Walters manuscript leaf W.748 is a Mughal drawing depicting a horseman and is inscribed 'amal-i Basavan (work of Basavan). This attribution, in a later hand, refers to the Mughal artist Basavan, who served at the court of the Emperor Humayun (died 963 AH/AD 1556) and his successor Akbar (died 1014 AH/AD 1605). In the Mughal atelier, Basavan contributed to numerous manuscript projects, especially images of battle scenes. There are tiny prickings along the outline of the drawing that suggest it served as a model for transmission.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
83869
label
Horseman
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
83869
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Horseman
description
Walters manuscript leaf W.748 is a Mughal drawing depicting a horseman and is inscribed 'amal-i Basavan (work of Basavan). This attribution, in a later hand, refers to the Mughal artist Basavan, who served at the court of the Emperor Humayun (died 963 AH/AD 1556) and his successor Akbar (died 1014 AH/AD 1605). In the Mughal atelier, Basavan contributed to numerous manuscript projects, especially images of battle scenes. There are tiny prickings along the outline of the drawing that suggest it served as a model for transmission.
provenance
Kelekian Estate, 1952, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1952, by purchase.
date
10th century AH/AD 16th (Mughal)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
30
height
27
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 13/16 x W: 10 5/8 in. (30 x 27 cm); Image H: 3 11/16 x W: 4 5/16 in. (9.4 x 11 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Mughal Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on paper mounted on pasteboard
creator_ids
3585
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MSS
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MIS
INT
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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07bf97267e8260d5