The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Dervish Leading a Bear", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Govardhan
- Date
- recto: early 19th century; verso: later copy of 16th century original
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H. 15 3/16 in. (38.6 cm) W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
- Object type
- Album leaf
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- India
- Object number
- 55.121.10.9
- Credit line
- Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955
Artist information
active ca. 1596–1645
Subjects and terms
- Bears
- Men
- Flowers
The Met object ID 451297. 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.