"Camp Being Prepared in the Hills", Folio from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama. Folio from the Davis Album
This painting is of the format and style of the so called Chester Beatty Akbarnama. This illustrated manuscript of the history of the Mughal emperor Akbar was dispersed with eight folios ending up in the Davis album. Here the background might have been altered or added to in the eighteenth century.
Artwork Details
- Title: "Camp Being Prepared in the Hills", Folio from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama. Folio from the Davis Album
- Date: 17th century
- Geography: Attributed to India
- Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions: Page: H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm)
W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Painting: H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
W. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) - Classification: Codices
- Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
- Object Number: 30.95.174.28
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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Painted by Chitarman (Indian, active ca. 1627–70)
recto: dated 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50
first half 18th century
17th–18th century
ca. 1640
recto: ca. 1645; verso: ca. 1630–40
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