Mu'nim Khan and Khwaja Jahan
1592
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1592
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
You see two men in rich robes kneeling on a patterned carpet, one gesturing toward the other. This is a page from a book about Emperor Akbar’s life, painted around 1590. The taller man is begging the emperor to spare rebels. The artist planned the scene but another painter filled in the colors. Tiny details—like the gold trim on the robes—show how carefully the court artists worked. To see more paintings like this, look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
