A Falconer and a Gamekeeper

Indian

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Caption

Indian. A Falconer and a Gamekeeper, ca. 1600. Opaque watercolor on paper, sheet: 8 11/16 x 7 in. (22.1 x 17.8 cm) image: 5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. (14.0 x 9.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.1324. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Culture

Indian

Title

A Falconer and a Gamekeeper

Date

ca. 1600

Dynasty

Mughal

Geography

Place made: India

Medium

Opaque watercolor on paper

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

sheet: 8 11/16 x 7 in. (22.1 x 17.8 cm) image: 5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. (14.0 x 9.8 cm)

Inscriptions

(Surat) Picture of Jahangir Padshah in the desert hunting deer with a falcon. Inscription may be of a later period and incorrect.

Credit Line

Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam

Accession Number

32.1324

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