Tarkhan Divana and Husain Quli Khan
1592
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1592
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Tarkhan Divana and Husain Quli Khan is a 1592 paint by La'l, a Mughal Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows two men in a tent. Tarkhan Divana, on the left, bows low to Husain Quli Khan, who sits on the right. The tent behind them has rich red and gold details. The work is signed by La'l but painted by others. The faces were done by Mukund. It records a treaty from 1562, not just two figures. Look up La'l next.
This opaque watercolour and gold on paper painting depicts Tarkhan Divana, the fort custodian at Ajmer, bowing in submission to Mughal general Husain Quli Khan during treaty negotiations in 1562, with the scene set in a richly detailed tent. The work is attributed to the painter La'l, with contributions from Naman in filling details and Mukund in rendering faces, as noted in red inscriptions beneath the composition. Part of the Akbarnama, the official chronicle of Akbar’s reign (1556–1605) written by Abu’l Fazl between 1590 and 1596, the manuscript was illustrated between approximately 1592…
Read the full account in the museum source.
Lal (La'l) sometimes called Lal wa Sarjangal is a town and the administrative center of Lal wa Sarjangal District, Ghor province in central Afghanistan.
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