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Creators

Farukh Chela

Govardhan

Dhanraj

Title

Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564, painting 90 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian 1551–1602)

Collection

Indian Art - Mughal

Creation date

c. 1602–3; borders added c. 1700s

Culture

Mughal India

Technique

Ink with use of colors and gold on paper, mounted on an album page with borders of gold-decorated buff and blue paper (recto); calligraphy by Faqir Ali (verso)

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