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

Painting by Dharam Das

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 463

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.

"Sultan Bayazid before Timur", Folio from an Akbarnama (History of Akbar), Painting by Dharam Das, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

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