Basawan

Basawan

late 16th-century Mughal Indian artist

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Works

A Mughal and a Rajput Converse at Dusk

A Mughal and a Rajput Converse at Dusk

Basawan Harvard Art Museums

A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in May 1505, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)

A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in May 1505, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)

Basawan Cleveland Museum of Art

A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album

A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album

Basawan Cleveland Museum of Art

The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, page from a manuscript of the Akbarnama

The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, page from a manuscript of the Akbarnama

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

Basawan Cleveland Museum of Art

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

Basawan Cleveland Museum of Art

The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-first Night

The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-first Night

Basawan Cleveland Museum of Art

The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Basawan Cleveland Museum of Art

The hunter throws away the baby parrots, who pretend to be dead, and captures the mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

The hunter throws away the baby parrots, who pretend to be dead, and captures the mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Basawan Cleveland Museum of Art

Mihrdukht aims her arrow at the ring

Mihrdukht aims her arrow at the ring

Basawan Metropolitan Museum of Art

Courtier Awaiting Akbar's Command

Courtier Awaiting Akbar's Command

Basawan Harvard Art Museums

Akbar visits the tomb of Khwajah Mu'in ad-Din Chishti at Ajmer

Akbar visits the tomb of Khwajah Mu'in ad-Din Chishti at Ajmer

Basawan Victoria and Albert Museum

Akbar's adventures with the elephant Hawa'i (V&A IS.2:22-1896)

Akbar's adventures with the elephant Hawa'i (V&A IS.2:22-1896)

Basawan Victoria and Albert Museum

The Virgin and Child

The Virgin and Child

Basawan San Diego Museum of Art

Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank

Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank

Basawan Cleveland Museum of Art

Majnun and the emaciated horse

Majnun and the emaciated horse