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A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album

Basavana

Maximum print size

Frame
61.0 × 91.4 cm · 24.0 × 36.0 in
Mat opening
50.8 × 67.8 cm · 20.0 × 26.7 in
Mat border, sides
5.1 cm · 2.0 in
Mat border, top and bottom
11.9 cm · 4.7 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date
c. 1585; inner border added in Allahabad c. 1602; outer border added probably 1900s
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Type
Painting
Origin
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Orientation
portrait
Collection
The Cleveland Museum of Art ↗

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