Futtypore Sikri—Two of the Marbled Screens in the Tomb of Sheik Selim Chisti
Samuel Bourne
1866
- Medium
- albumen print
- Dimensions
- Paper: 23.9 x 29.4 cm (9 7/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
- Genre
- Photograph
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
India
About
These elaborate screens decorate the mausoleum of the Sufi saint Salim Chisti (1478-1572). The building, considered one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture in India, was built in 1580-1581 by the Emperor Akbar to honor the saint, whose prayers he believed had guaranteed the birth of male heirs to the throne.
