"Akbar Hunting", Folio from an Akbarnama (History of Akbar)

Object Name:: Folio from an illustrated manuscript

Date:: late 16th century

Geography:: Made in present-day Pakistan, probably Lahore

Medium:: Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

Dimensions:: Painting: 7 1/2 x 4 7/8 in. (19.1 x 12.4 cm)

Classification:: Codices

Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1911

Accession Number:: 11.39.2

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 251

[ Tabbagh Frères, Paris and New York, until 1911; sold to MMA]

Timelines
South Asia, 1400–1600 A.D.

Department

Islamic Art (14,462)

Object Type / Material

Codices (1,205)

Folios (1,110)

Gold (17,215)

Illuminated manuscripts (733)

Geographic Location

Date / Era

A.D. 1400–1600 (26,266)

"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

Date: ca. 1590–95 Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Accession: 28.63.1 On view in:Not on view

Sikh Akalis on the March

Date: ca. 1885 Medium: Pencil, pen, ink, watercolor, gold and silver on paper Accession: 2004.298 On view in:Gallery 464

Carpet with Palm Trees, Ibexes, and Birds

Date: late 16th–early 17th century Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Accession: 17.190.858 On view in:Gallery 463

Khusrau and Shirin

Date: dated A.H. 904/A.D. 1498–99 Medium: Main support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; binding: leather Accession: 69.27 On view in:Gallery 460

"Sultan Bayazid before Timur", Folio from an Akbarnama (History of Akbar)

Date: ca. 1600 Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Accession: 35.64.4 On view in:Not on view