Akbar Mounting his Horse; page from the Chester Beatty Akbar Nama (History of Akbar)
Sur Das Gujarati
1605–1607
- 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
- Paintings
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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.
