Fall of Samarqand
This folio from Walters manuscript W.596 depicts the fall of Samarqand.
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Details
- Artist
- Unknown artist
- Date
- 16th century
- Holding institution
- Walters Art Museum
- Palette
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- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- Public domain
- Credit
- Walters Art Museum
Art Genome Taxonomy
12 tags
Subject Matter
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War and Military Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the subject as the fall of Samarqand, and the image visibly shows armed combatants, weapons, mounted figures, and fortified structures.
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Conflict Visual · 99%
The scene visibly presents opposing armed figures in combat, including mounted and unmounted participants and figures in fallen or grappling positions.
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Narrative Both · 96%
The catalog names a specific historical event, while the image organizes numerous interacting figures, combat actions, architecture, and text into a depicted episode.
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Cityscapes and City Scenes Visual · 92%
Fortified walls, towers, gateways, and built structures occupy the upper part of the miniature and establish an urban setting.
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Human Figure Visual · 99%
Numerous human figures appear throughout the miniature in mounted, standing, fighting, fallen, and seated positions.
Visual Qualities
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Dense Composition Visual · 99%
Figures, animals, weapons, banners, architectural elements, rocks, and textiles are tightly packed across most of the framed pictorial field.
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 97%
The miniature uses strongly saturated reds, blues, greens, oranges, pinks, and yellow-gold tones across figures, animals, architecture, and ground.
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Patterns Visual · 96%
Repeated stripes, dots, borders, and ornamental motifs are visible on garments, shields, saddles, armor, banners, and masonry.
Medium and Techniques
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Manuscript Metadata · 99%
The Walters Art Museum catalog identifies the work as a folio from manuscript W.596 and classifies it as manuscript or decorative art.
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Arabic/Farsi Calligraphy Visual · 93%
A large rectangular panel of flowing Arabic-derived script is visibly integrated into the folio's painted composition.
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Painting Visual · 98%
The central miniature is visibly rendered with opaque painted color, including detailed figures, architecture, animals, weapons, and landscape elements.
Time Periods
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16th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the folio to the 16th century.
Source & rights
Babur. Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 2,378 × 3,600 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed