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

ca. 1600

Not on view

This is a single leaf from a now dispersed Akbarnama. In this enthronement scene, Timur sits on a platform throne while the vanquished Ottoman sultan Bayazid sits humbly before him.

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Title: "Sultan Bayazid before Timur", Folio from an Akbarnama (History of Akbar)
Artist: Painting by Dharam Das
Date: ca. 1600
Geography: Made in present-day Pakistan, probably Lahore
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Image: H.13 3/8 in. (34 cm)
W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Page: H.15 in. (38.1 cm)
W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1935
Object Number: 35.64.4
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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