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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

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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