Al-Mu'tazz Sends Gifts to Abdulla ibn Abdulla, from a copy of the Tarikh-i Alfi

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Artist: Mughal
Date: c. 1592-1594
Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: Image: 39.9 × 22.6 cm (15 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.); Paper: 42.2 × 24.3 cm (16 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Origin: India
Holding institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Palette: Flax Ground · Yellow family · #C5BA90 · 63%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #A79B72 · 9%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #69603F · 7%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #92845B · 6%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #3D391E · 4%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #E1E0C9 · 3%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #D9D3B5 · 2%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #BBA55D · 1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #BFBDB0 · 1%

Dried Marigold · Orange family · #D28F39 · 1%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #A5B39A · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #CEB099 · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #889898 · <1%

Blue Rag Paper · Blue family · #738AA1 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B88C7F · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #A2551C · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #313937 · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #782806 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Samuel M. Nickerson Fund

11 tags

Text Visual · 100%

Extensive lines of flowing script are visibly integrated into the manuscript-page composition.
Narrative Both · 94%

The title identifies a specific historical episode, while the image presents a structured gathering of attendants, mounted figures, and what appears to be a formal exchange or procession.
Equestrian Visual · 100%

Several mounted figures and numerous horses with saddles, bridles, and decorative tack are clearly visible in the central and lower scene.
Landscapes Visual · 90%

Trees, shrubs, painted rock formations, grassy ground, and distant terrain occupy much of the setting around the figures and architecture.

Highly Detailed Visual · 97%

The page contains finely rendered script, costumes, horse tack, architectural details, vegetation, and rocky forms.

Painting Metadata · 100%

The museum classifies the work as a painting; the image visibly presents a painted manuscript folio.
Watercolor Metadata · 99%

The catalog specifies opaque watercolor as part of the medium.
Work on Paper Metadata · 100%

The catalog identifies paper as the support and provides separate image and paper dimensions.

16th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to c. 1592–1594, placing it in the sixteenth century.

South Asian Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the work as Mughal, gives India as its place of origin and artist display, and lists South Asian as its style.

Gold Metadata · 99%

The catalog specifies gold in the medium: opaque watercolor and gold on paper.

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