Untitled
1592
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1592
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Untitled is a 1592 paint by Kanha, a Mughal Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows part of a river scene with people on a boat. The left side shows a man in white robes standing near the water. It’s part of a bigger book called the Akbarnama, made for Emperor Akbar. This side was painted by Nanha, but the whole scene was designed by Kanha. Take a closer look at the Victoria and Albert Museum’s other half of this scene.
This painting is the left side of a double-page illustration from the Akbarnama, created in opaque watercolor and gold on paper around 1592. The work depicts an unidentified scene on the Ganges River in 1567, preceding the Mughal army's defeat of the rebel general Khan Zaman. The composition was designed by Kanha, with the details executed by Nanha, and is part of a manuscript commissioned by Emperor Akbar as the official record of his reign. The manuscript remained in the imperial library under his successors before being acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1896.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Kanha painted delicate portraits of Mughal nobles and scenes from court life around 1590.
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