Basawan

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late 16th-century Mughal Indian artist

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A Mughal and a Rajput Converse at Dusk ℹ️
by Basawan
Harvard Art Museums
A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in May 1505, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur) ℹ️
1500c
by Basawan
Cleveland Museum of Art
A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album ℹ️
1500c
by Basawan
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, page from a manuscript of the Akbarnama ℹ️
1500c
by Basawan
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page ℹ️
1560
by Basawan
Cleveland Museum of Art
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page ℹ️
1560
by Basawan
Cleveland Museum of Art
The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-first Night ℹ️
1560
by Basawan
Cleveland Museum of Art
The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night ℹ️
1560
by Basawan
Cleveland Museum of Art
The hunter throws away the baby parrots, who pretend to be dead, and captures the mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night ℹ️
1560
by Basawan
Cleveland Museum of Art
Mihrdukht aims her arrow at the ring ℹ️
1569
by Basawan
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Courtier Awaiting Akbar's Command ℹ️
1575
by Basawan
Harvard Art Museums
Akbar visits the tomb of Khwajah Mu'in ad-Din Chishti at Ajmer ℹ️
1580s
by Basawan
Victoria and Albert Museum
Akbar's adventures with the elephant Hawa'i (V&A IS.2:22-1896) ℹ️
1580s
by Basawan
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Virgin and Child ℹ️
1589
by Basawan
San Diego Museum of Art
Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank ℹ️
1600
by Basawan
Cleveland Museum of Art
Majnun and the emaciated horse ℹ️
1611
by Basawan