Inv. no. LNS 57 MS
Height 33 cm; width 27.3 cm
Ink, colors and gold on paper
North India, ca. 1st decade 17th century AD
ca. 1st decade 11th century AH
LNS 57 MS
Folio from an album depicting a sumptuously dressed painter at work on a miniature in the contemporary style of Iran or the Deccan; probably by the Mughal painter Manohar (‘signed and dated’ at bottom left ‘Work of Bihzad 894’ [= 1488-89], indicating that it is a ‘copy’ of an original by the famous late Timurid painter Bihzad)