Untitled
1590
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1590
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Untitled is a 1590 paint by Mukund, a Mughal Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a scene from a book. It was removed from a manuscript of the Baburnama, a book about the life of Babur, the founder of the Mughal empire. The manuscript was translated from eastern Turkish into Persian, so more people could read it. Check out the technique of sfumato to learn more about how artists create soft, hazy effects like this.
This watercolor on paper illustration from a Baburnama manuscript depicts Babur's forces capturing the Chanderi citadel in 1528. The work is attributed to the artist Mukund and was produced around 1590 in Akbar's imperial atelier. It was later removed from the manuscript before the museum acquired it in 1913 on the London art market. The manuscript itself is a Persian translation of Babur's memoirs, commissioned by his grandson Akbar.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Mukund painted lively scenes from the emperor Akbar’s court in the late 1500s. His brush brought to life Akbar being weighed on his birthday and Akbar hunting with cheetahs, both from the Akbarnama, a grand history book…
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