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Walters Ms. W.748, Single leaf of a horseman

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Shelf mark

W.748


Manuscript

Single leaf of a horseman


Text title
Horseman

Abstract

This Mughal drawing depicting a horseman is inscribed ʿamal-i Basāvan (work of Basāvan). This attribution, in a later hand, refers to the Mughal artist Basāvan, who served at the court of the Emperor Humāyūn (d. 963 AH / 1556 CE) and his successor Akbar (d. 1014 AH / 1605 CE). In the Mughal atelier, Basāvan contributed to numerous manuscript projects, especially images of battle scenes. There are tiny prickings along the outline of the drawing that suggest it served as a model for transmission.


Date

10th century AH / 16th CE


Origin

India


Artist

As-written name: Basāvan

Name, in vernacular: بساون

Note: Inscribed ʿamal-i Basāvan (work of Basāvan), a later attribution


Form

Leaf


Genre

Historical


Language:

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.


Support material

Paper

Mounted on pasteboard


Extent

Foliation: Not applicable


Dimensions

27.0 cm wide by 30.0 cm high


Layout
  1. Image: 11.0 cm wide by 9.4 cm high

Contents:
fols. W.748a - W.748b:
  1. Title: Horseman
  2. Decoration note: Gold, red, black, and blue illuminated border

Decoration:

fol. W.748a:

  1. W.748, fol. W.748a
  2. Title: Horseman
  3. Form: Drawing
  4. Label: This Mughal drawing depicting a horseman is inscribed ʿamal-i Basāvan (work of Basāvan). This attribution, in a later hand, refers to the Mughal artist Basāvan, who served at the court of the Emperor Humāyūn (d. 963 AH / 1556 CE) and his successor Akbar (d. 1014 AH / 1605 CE). In the Mughal atelier, Basāvan contributed to numerous manuscript projects, especially images of battle scenes. There are tiny prickings along the outline of the drawing that suggest it served as a model for transmission.

fol. W.748b:

  1. W.748, fol. W.748b
  2. Title: Horseman (back)
  3. Form: Back

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 1952


Contributors

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita

Editor: Bockrath, Diane

Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail

Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara


Publisher

The Walters Art Museum


License

Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.