The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, Page from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama
Colors in this work
Details
- Artist
- Basawan
- Dimensions
- Image: 32 × 19.3 cm (12 5/8 × 7 9/16 in.); Outermost border: 33 × 19.6 cm (13 × 7 11/16 in.); Page: 34.4 × 20 cm (13 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.)
- Origin
- India
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Palette
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- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- Public domain
- Credit
- Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection
Art Genome Taxonomy
12 tags
Subject Matter
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Conflict Both · 97%
The title describes an arrest, and the catalog lists guns and swords among the subjects; armed figures and physical confrontation are visible in the scene.
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Royalty and Aristocracy Metadata · 98%
The title identifies the young Emperor Akbar and Shah Abu’l-Maali, placing the depicted episode in a royal and aristocratic context.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a painting.
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Watercolor Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies opaque watercolor as part of the medium.
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Manuscript Both · 99%
The title identifies the object as a page from a manuscript of the Akbarnama, and the image visibly presents a bordered manuscript page with an image field and writing below.
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Work on Paper Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies paper as the support of the work.
Time Periods
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16th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to approximately 1590–1595, within the sixteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Indian Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog gives India as the place of origin.
Materials
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Gold Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies gold as part of the medium: opaque watercolor and gold on paper.
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Use of Paper Both · 99%
The catalog identifies paper as the support, while the image visibly shows a painted manuscript page with paper margins, borders, and text.
Cultural and Religious Styles
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Mughal Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies the work as Mughal in style and dates it to the Mughal dynasty, c. 1590–1595.
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Islamic Art and Architecture Metadata · 97%
The catalog explicitly lists Islamic culture or style for the work.
Source & rights
Basawan. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/76816
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 1,776 × 3,000 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed