Indian black buck, by Manohar, in opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1616.
June 30, 1605
Animals and Plants
Jahangir 1605–1627
Indian black buck, by Manohar, in opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1616.
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Indian black buck, by Manohar, in opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1616. The study of an Indian black buck being led by its keeper was painted by the Mughal court artist Manohar, who signed his work on the green ground at top and bottom of the painting. The posture of the keeper who bends one knee, crouching slightly, while looking over his shoulder, is conceivably inspired by the figure of Joseph in Albrecht Durer's engraving The Flight to Egypt. Engravings by, or after, Durer reached the Mughal court in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, brought mainly by the Jesuits who came from Portuguese Goa, and in several cases were copied directly by the imperial artists. Little is known of Manohar, but contemporary ascriptions to manuscripts attest to his having entered royal service under the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605) and he became one of the most important artists of his son and successor, Jahangir (r. 1605-1627). Floral borders were added to his painting late in the reign of Jahangir or early in the reign of Shah Jahan, and the page was preserved in a royal album which became dismembered at some unknown date. This folio was bequeathed to the museum by Lady Wantage in 1921. Text and image credit: Copyright: � Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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