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DiaporamaLeaf from the Muraqqa Gulshan: A Buffalo Fighting a Lioness (recto) Calligraphy (verso)
farrukh chela (? – 1604)
Discover Farrukh Chela, a renowned Mughal miniature painter (1604). Explore his distinctive style & iconic works from Akbar's court. A significant figure in Indian art history.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, United States of America)
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This painting shows the importance of Persian taste in the court of India’s Mughal dynasty. Details like the rocky hills in the background and the delicate flowering branches are strongly Persian in style. So too is the subject. The ensemble of youth, old man, a book of verse and a flowering tree commonly evoke in Persian art and poetry both artistic sensibility and the brevity of life. The idealized, rather than individualized figures also indicate Persian influence.
About this artwork
- Title: Leaf from the Muraqqa Gulshan: A Buffalo Fighting a Lioness (recto) Calligraphy (verso)
- Artist: farrukh chela
- Year: 1500
- Format: Tall
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- Movement: Mughal Miniature
- Medium: Gouache
- Medium type: WallArt
- Corpus context: persian artistic influence , integration of calligraphy
Quick Facts
- Location: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- Title: Leaf from the Muraqqa Gulshan
- Artist: Farrukh Chela
- Subject or theme: Buffalo fighting a lioness; brevity of life
- Influences: Persian art and poetry
- Year: 1500
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