Hunting with falcons in a landscape; verso: Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish poems in praise of wine, Sultan Muhammad Nur (Persian, c. 1472–1536) and Mirza Muhammad (probably Persian, active c. 1520s)

1704

unspecified

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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You see a group of men on horseback in a golden field, a hooded falcon clutching a duck mid-air between two riders. This painting was made for Akbar, the Mughal emperor, when he was still a teenager. The young man with the black feather in his turban might be him. The back of the page is covered in poetry praising wine—something Akbar later banned. If you like royal hunts, look up *mughal india, court of akbar (reigned 1556–1605), indian art*.

Hunting with falcons in a landscape; verso: Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish poems in praise of wine, Sultan Muhammad Nur (Persian, c. 1472–1536) and Mirza Muhammad (probably Persian, active c. 1520s)

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