Akbar Mounting his Horse; page from the Chester Beatty Akbar Nama (History of Akbar)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Akbar Mounting his Horse; page from the Chester Beatty Akbar Nama (History of Akbar)

Sur Das Gujarati (Indian, active 16th century) · 1605–07

Gum tempera and ink on paper; Nim qalam drawing
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

In <em>nim qalam </em>drawings, literally "half pen" in Persian, most of the composition is done with monochrome washes, with only a few areas brightly colored or embellished with gold.

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