A Procession Scene with Musicians, from a copy of the Padshanama
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Details
- Artist
- Mughal
- Date
- c. 1650
- Dimensions
- Image: 38 × 25.9 cm (15 × 10 1/4 in.); Paper: 38.5 × 26.6 cm (15 1/4 × 10 1/2 in.)
- Origin
- India
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Palette
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- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- Public domain
- Credit
- Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Art Genome Taxonomy
12 tags
Subject Matter
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Performing Arts Both · 99%
The title identifies a procession scene with musicians, and the image visibly shows numerous musicians seated in the upper pavilion.
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Crowds Visual · 99%
Many human figures are arranged in overlapping groups across the middle and foreground, forming a crowded procession.
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Animals Visual · 99%
A decorated elephant is prominent at left-center, and several horses with mounted or accompanying figures appear on the right.
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References to Art History Metadata · 90%
The title explicitly describes the work as coming from a copy of the Padshanama, establishing a stated relationship to an art-historical manuscript tradition.
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 97%
Repeated ornament appears across garments, carpets, architectural surfaces, borders, and ceremonial furnishings.
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Dense Composition Visual · 99%
The page contains numerous figures, animals, architectural bands, and overlapping groups organized within a tightly populated vertical field.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 97%
Fine lines and small-scale decorative details are visible throughout the figures, costumes, architecture, animals, and patterned surfaces.
Medium and Techniques
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Watercolor Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies opaque watercolor and gold on paper.
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Work on Paper Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies paper as the support and provides separate image and paper dimensions.
Time Periods
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17th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work c. 1650, with date bounds of 1625–1675.
Geographic Regions
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Indian Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies India as the place of origin and lists the artist as Mughal, with the artist display recorded as India.
Materials
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Gold Metadata · 99%
Gold is explicitly listed in the catalog medium as part of the work's materials.
Source & rights
anonymous. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/49336
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 2,103 × 3,000 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed