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)

Farukh Chela, c. 1602–3; borders added c. 1700s

Artist

Farukh Chela (Indian)

Date

c. 1602–3; borders added c. 1700s

Culture or place

India, Mughal, 16th century, made for Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Medium

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)

Size

Page: 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.)

Type

Painting

Museum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Licence

CC0: free to use, no permission needed