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Akbar Arrests Shah Abu’l-Maali, Basawan and Shankar
Akbar Arrests Shah Abu’l-Maali, Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), c. 1590-1595

Basawan and Shankar

Active Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), c. 1590-1595 · South Asian painting · 1 work

The Art Institute of Chicago credits its Akbarnama page to two painters of Akbar’s workshop. Basawan, also written Basavana, one of its leading painters and a gifted portraitist, designed the page and painted its main faces; Shankar, another prominent painter there, did the rest. The museum calls the page a prime example of how Mughal painters worked together.

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Artist information: Art Institute of Chicago (Akbar Arrests Shah Abu’l-Maali, Basawan), Cleveland Museum of Art.

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