"Muslim Pilgrim to Mecca Meets a Brahman on the Road", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

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"Muslim Pilgrim to Mecca Meets a Brahman on the Road", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi|Ala al-Din Muhammad

Date
1520–25
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Painting: H. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm) W. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm) Page: H. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm) W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Object type
Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Classification
Codices
Country
present-day Afghanistan
Object number
13.160.4
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1913

Artist information

Indian, Patiyali, 1253–1325 Delhi|

Subjects and terms

  • Men
  • Camels
  • Horses

The Met object ID 446292. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.