La'lIran, 1510–1555Painting
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Victoria and Albert Museum
Londra, Regno Unito
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- Verificato
- 7 giorni fa
- Ultimo cambio di stato
- 25 set 2026
- Fonte
- I dati di collezione del museo stesso
About the painting
This is the right side of a double composition by La'l from the Akbarnama, or Book of Akbar, depicting a water tank being dug near Narwar on the emperor's orders. The left side, IS.2:44-1896, illustrates wild elephants entering the waters of the tank. Hari was the artist who completed the coloured details on this side of the composition.
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The Akbarnama (Book of Akbar) was commissioned by the emperor Akbar as the official chronicle of his reign. It was written by Abu'l Fazl between 1590 and 1595 and is thought to have been illustrated between ca.1592 and 1594 by at least forty-nine different artists from Akbar's studio. After Akbar's death in 1605, the manuscript remained in the library of his son, Jahangir (r. 1605-1627) and later that of Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1658). The Museum purchased it in 1896 from Frances Clarke, the widow of Major General John Clarke, an official who had been the Commissioner of Oudh, India, between 1858 and 1862.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- IS.2:43-1896
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- Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · acquisita 7 giorni fa
- Immagine: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
