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"Black Buck", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Painting attributed to Manohar
recto: ca. 1615–20; verso: ca. 1530–50
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 463
The squarish format of this painting of a black buck, attributed to the artist Manohar, required filling the extra space within the "window" of the border, adroitly accomplished with two leaves of poetry, possibly taken from a type of narrow oblong manuscript known as a safina. The lower page, signed by the Persian master Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi in the triangular box at the right, contains verse by the great poet Jami. Manohar painted several versions of this subject for the emperor, who mentions his fondness for his favorite decoy black buck in his memoirs.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: "Black Buck", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
  • Artist: Painting attributed to Manohar (active ca. 1582–1624)
  • Date: recto: ca. 1615–20; verso: ca. 1530–50
  • Geography: Attributed to India
  • Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
  • Dimensions: H. 15 3/8 in. (39 cm)
    W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
  • Classification: Codices
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955
  • Object Number: 55.121.10.17
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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Krishna and Radha with Their Confidantes: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda , Manohar, Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, India (Rajasthan, Mewar)

Krishna and Radha with Their Confidantes: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda

Style of Manohar
ca. 1655–60
Pierced Window Screen (Jali), Red sandstone; pierced, carved
Pierced Window Screen (Jali)
second half 16th century
"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, Govardhan, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Painting by Govardhan
Calligrapher Mir 'Ali Haravi
verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530–50
"A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, Amir Khusrau Dihlavi Indian, Main support: Ink, opaque watercolor, gold on paper<br/>Margins: Gold on dyed paper
"A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Author Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Painting attributed to Miskin
1597–98
"Jahangir and His Vizier, I'timad al-Daula", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, Manohar, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
"Jahangir and His Vizier, I'timad al-Daula", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Painting by Manohar
Calligrapher Mir 'Ali Haravi
recto: ca. 1615; verso: ca. 1530–45

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