by Albert Turoń
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
India, Mughal court, made for Emperor Akbar
Technique
Ink with use of colors and gold on paper, mounted on an album page with borders of gold-decorated buff and blue paper (verso); calligraphy by Faqir Ali (recto)
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