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Unfolding the Narrative: Depictions of the Royal Hunt

November 24, 2015

By Kalyani Madhura Ramachandran

Former Graduate Intern Kalyani Madhura Ramachandran explores three of the paintings now on view in The Royal Hunt: Courtly Pursuits in Indian Art that depict the royal hunt in Mughal India.
Image for "Sultan Bayazid before Timur", Folio from an Akbarnama  (History of Akbar)

Painting by Dharam Das

Date: ca. 1600
Accession Number: 35.64.4

Image for Sarlawh: Page from an Akbarnama Manuscript

Mansur (active ca. 1589–1626)

Date: ca. 1595–96
Accession Number: SL.17.2011.19.1

Image for "Akbar Hunting with Cheetahs",  Folio from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama. Folio from the Davis Album

Abu'l Fazl (Indian, Agra 1556–1602 Deccan Plateau)

Date: ca. 1604
Accession Number: 30.95.174.9

Image for "Akbar Hunting", Folio from an Akbarnama (History of Akbar)

Date: late 16th century
Accession Number: 11.39.2

Image for "Asaf khan Presents Offerings (?)",  Folio from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama. Folio from the Davis Album

Abu'l Fazl (Indian, Agra 1556–1602 Deccan Plateau)

Date: ca. 1604
Accession Number: 30.95.174.12

Image for "Encampment in the Hills: Jahangir with Falcon", Folio from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama. Folio from the Davis Album

Abu'l Fazl (Indian, Agra 1556–1602 Deccan Plateau)

Date: early 17th century
Accession Number: 30.95.174.15

Image for "Courtiers with a Riderless Horse", Folio from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama. Folio from the Davis Album

Abu'l Fazl (Indian, Agra 1556–1602 Deccan Plateau)

Date: ca. 1604
Accession Number: 30.95.174.13

Image for "The Emperor Humayun Returning from a Journey Greets his Son", Folio from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama. Folio from the Davis Album

Abu'l Fazl (Indian, Agra 1556–1602 Deccan Plateau)

Date: ca. 1604
Accession Number: 30.95.174.14

Image for "Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (Indian, Patiyali, 1253–1325 Delhi)

Date: 1597–98
Accession Number: 13.228.28