Untitled
1612
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
About the artist
1612
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Untitled is a 1612 paint by Manohar, a Baroque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
You see a buck with sleek black fur led by a man in a red turban. The buck looks calm. The keeper bends one knee and glances back—his posture feels familiar. Mughal artists studied European prints. This one copies a pose from an old engraving by Albrecht Dürer. The green border has faded over time. Check out Dürer’s engraving, *The Flight to Egypt*.
A painting in opaque watercolor and gold on paper by the Mughal artist Manohar depicts an Indian black buck facing left, led by a keeper who crouches with one knee bent and glances back at the animal. The keeper wears a dark orange jama, pale mauve shalwar, scarlet-banded slippers, a white turban, and a right-ear earring, set against a pale green ground. Persian verses in sloping lines appear above and below the image, while faded flowering plants outlined in gold frame the composition. The work was signed by Manohar as Jahangir’s servant and later preserved in a royal album before entering…
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