Battle_scene_from_the_1570_Hamzanama_of_Akbar.jpg
Summary
Khwaja Umar saved from pursuers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
Battle scene from the Hamza Nama of Akbar Painted in 1570 |
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Part of | Akbar's Hamzanama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Battle scene with an 'ayyar', probably Khaja Umar the master spy and friend of Amir Hamza, being lifted into the sky.
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Date |
1565 - 1570, Mughal Period (1526 - 1858) |
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Medium | gouache with gold on cotton cloth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | frame 77.4 x 60.6 cm (height x width), painting 65.5 x 49.8 cm (height x width) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q160236
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Accession number |
2022.171
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Place of creation | Mughal Empire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Credit line | Howard Hodgkin Collection, Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions and 2020 Benefit Funds; Howard S. and Nancy Marks Gift; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; The Mossavar-Rahmani Fund for Iranian Art and funds from various donors, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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