Author
Basavan
Publication Date
10th century AH/AD 16th (Mughal)
Publication Place
India (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts, India, Nepal, and Tibet
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
H: 11 13/16 x W: 10 5/8 in. (30 x 27 cm); Image H: 3 11/16 x W: 4 5/16 in. (9.4 x 11 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.748
Library Location
Not on view
Date
10th century AH/AD 16th (Mughal)
Notes
Walters manuscript leaf W.748 is a Mughal drawing depicting a horseman and is inscribed 'amal-i Basavan (work of Basavan). This attribution, in a later hand, refers to the Mughal artist Basavan, who served at the court of the Emperor Humayun (died 963 AH/AD 1556) and his successor Akbar (died 1014 AH/AD 1605). In the Mughal atelier, Basavan contributed to numerous manuscript projects, especially images of battle scenes. There are tiny prickings along the outline of the drawing that suggest it served as a model for transmission.
Bağış/Edinim
Museum purchase, 1952
