Akbar Mounting his Horse; page from the Chester Beatty Akbar Nama (History of Akbar)
- Medium
- Gum tempera and ink on paper; Nim qalam drawing
- Dimensions
- Image: 23 x 12.4 cm (9 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.); Overall: 43.2 x 28.2 cm (17 x 11 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- painting
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
India, Mughal school, 17th century
About
In nim qalam drawings, literally "half pen" in Persian, most of the composition is done with monochrome washes, with only a few areas brightly colored or embellished with gold.
