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"Alexander Visits the Sage Plato in his Mountain Cave", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Basawan|Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
- Date
- 1597–98
- Medium
- Main support: Ink, opaque watercolor, gold on paper Margins: Gold on dyed paper
- Dimensions
- Page: H. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm) W. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 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
- India
- Object number
- 13.228.30
- Credit line
- Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
Artist information
Indian, active ca. 1556–1600|Indian, Patiyali, 1253–1325 Delhi
Subjects and terms
- Men
- Horses
- Dogs
- Caves
The Met object ID 446564. 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.