The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art
"Shah Jahan Watching an Elephant Fight", Folio from a Padshahnama
Bulaqi
- Date
- probably 1639
- Medium
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H. 15 1/16 in. (38.2 cm) W. 9 3/4 in. (24.7 cm)
- Object type
- Folio from an illustrated manuscript
- Classification
- Codices
- Country
- India
- Object number
- 1989.135
- Credit line
- Harris Brisbane Dick, Louis V. Bell, Pfeiffer and Dodge Funds, 1989
Subjects and terms
- Men
- Spectators
- Elephants
The Met object ID 453313. 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.