Artist
Basawan
Mughal Indian, 1560–1600
Basawan was a Mughal Indian Mughal Painting artist. 26 works are cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art. Basawan was born in Uttar Pradesh.
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank
A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian, 1247–1318)
A holy man prostrating himself before a learned prince
A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in May 1505, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)
Basāwan, or Basāvan, was an Indian miniature painter in the Mughal style. He was known by his contemporaries as a skilled colorist and keen observer of human nature, and for his use of portraiture in the illustrations of Akbarnama, Mughal Emperor, Akbar's official Biography, which is seen as an innovation in Indian art.
Works by Basawan
- Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
- Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank
- A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
- The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian, 1247–1318)
- A holy man prostrating himself before a learned prince
- A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in May 1505, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)
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
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
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