Chester Beatty
Akbar's hunting party ride in search of reported brigands, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl
Sanwlah
Akbar's hunting party ride in search of reported brigands, folio from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama) by Abu’l-Fazl. Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, full-page painting, half of double-page composition inscribed to Sanwlah, Agra, India, c. 1603-1605. This is one of fifty-eight folios now detached from its codex (Chester Beatty In 03). Extensively illustrated, these form volume two and part of volume three of the biography of the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605), composed by his court historian and minister Abu’l-Fazl `Allami.
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