Kichik Beg Wounded during Babur's Attack on Qalat, from a copy of the Baburnama (Book of Babur)
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Details
- Artist
- Mughal
- Date
- c. 1590
- Dimensions
- Image: 23.9 × 12.9 cm (9 3/8 × 5 1/16 in.); Outermost Border: 35.8 × 15.4 cm (13 7/8 × 6 1/16 in.); Paper: 31.7 × 21.6 cm (12 3/8 × 8 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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War and Military Both · 99%
The catalog title identifies an attack and a wounded figure, while the image visibly shows armed groups, bows, arrows, swords or polearms, flags, and combat activity.
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Narrative Both · 98%
The work illustrates a named episode from the Baburnama, and the image organizes multiple figures and actions into a historical scene involving attack, defense, and injury.
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Human Figure Visual · 99%
Numerous identifiable human figures appear in varied poses and costumes, including figures on the fortress structures and groups engaged in combat below.
Visual Qualities
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Dense Composition Visual · 97%
The central image is densely occupied by figures, fortress architecture, vegetation, weapons, flags, parasols, and patterned garments, leaving relatively little unoccupied space.
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 95%
Saturated red, blue, green, yellow, orange, and white accents stand out across the costumes, flags, vegetation, and architectural details.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 97%
The image includes carefully rendered masonry lines, architectural openings, textile patterns, armor details, foliage, weapons, and small floral elements.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the object as a painting and gives the medium as opaque watercolor and gold on paper.
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Watercolor Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies opaque watercolor as part of the medium.
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Manuscript Both · 99%
The title identifies the page as coming from a copy of the Baburnama, and the image visibly presents a painted manuscript page with calligraphic margins and ruled borders.
Time Periods
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16th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to approximately 1590, which falls within the sixteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Indian Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies India as the place of origin and lists Indian (South Asian) among the work’s classifications.
Materials
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Gold Both · 98%
The catalog specifies gold on paper, and extensive reflective gold decoration is visibly present in the outer borders and surrounding areas.
Source & rights
Ustad Mansur / Kanha. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/140588
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 2,052 × 3,000 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed