Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Dhritarashtra Attacks the Statue of Bhima, Folio from a Razmnama (Book of Wars)
View through The Met
Opaque color and gold on paper
Rights: Public Domain
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Howard Hodgkin Collection Purchase Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Harris Brisbane Dick and 2020 Benefit Funds; Howard S. and Nancy Marks Lila Acheson Wallace and Friends of Islamic Art Gifts; Louis V. Bell Harris Brisbane Dick Fletcher and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and funds from various donors 2022
Title: Dhritarashtra Attacks the Statue of Bhima, Folio from a Razmnama (Book of Wars)
Description:
Opaque color and gold on paper.
Related Results
Selection of 16th century prints
Selection of 16th century prints
205 ornament and architectural engravings on 156 pages bound within a brown leather binding. 153 pages are numbered, two pages are numbered "153," and three pages are not numbered....
Karna Attacks Ghatotkacha (text, recto; painting, verso), folio from a Razmnama (Book of War) series
Karna Attacks Ghatotkacha (text, recto; painting, verso), folio from a Razmnama (Book of War) series
The folio is from a Razmnama (Book of War), the Persian translation of the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. The recto side of this folio features a horse-drawn chariot carrying the war...
"Bhima Defeates Duryodhana", Folio from a Razmnama
"Bhima Defeates Duryodhana", Folio from a Razmnama
Ink opaque watercolor and gold on paper...
Krishna Approaches the Cowherds at Their Forest Encampment (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series
Krishna Approaches the Cowherds at Their Forest Encampment (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series
On the recto side of this folio is a painting that features the blue-skinned Hindu god Krishna approaching a group of cowherds at their encampment. On the verso side of this folio ...
Folio from the Gulshan Album
Folio from the Gulshan Album
Folio from the Gulshan Album, compiled for Mughal emperor Jahangir (1569-1627).
This is a single page from a renowned album (or muraqqa`) prepared for the Mughal emperor Jahangir...
Folio (text, recto and verso) preceding the illustrated folio depicting "Lovers' Picnic", from a manuscript of the Divan (Collected Works) of Hafiz
Folio (text, recto and verso) preceding the illustrated folio depicting "Lovers' Picnic", from a manuscript of the Divan (Collected Works) of Hafiz
This folio precedes the folio illustrating the well-known painting (see 2007.183.2) which features a pair of courtly lovers in a spring garden. The painting appears on what was onc...
Mughal emperors Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan with their ministers, by Bichitr (recto), foliate design in gold (verso), folio from the Minto Album
Mughal emperors Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan with their ministers, by Bichitr (recto), foliate design in gold (verso), folio from the Minto Album
Mughal emperors Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan with their ministers, by Bichitr (recto), foliate design in gold (verso), folio from the Minto Album.
This allegorical group portra...
Bathing Maidens Observed by the Master of the Garden, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Haft Paykar of Nizami
Bathing Maidens Observed by the Master of the Garden, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Haft Paykar of Nizami
This small painting has been carefully, if unfortunately, cut from a manuscript page, preserving the pictorial elements that extended beyond the gold ruling. The opposite side of t...