A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
Cleveland Museum of Art

A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album

Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) · c. 1585; inner border added in Allahabad c. 1602; outer border added probably 1900s

Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The dog stares hungrily at the mendicant’s alms bowl, with the artist’s signature.

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