id:			162901
accession number:	2003.38
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.38
updated:		2023-03-20 10:12:14.124000

The game of wolf-running in Tabriz, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar), c. 1595–1600. Banavari 1 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s). Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; page: 35.2 x 23.8 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma Kroeger Fund 2003.38

title:				The game of wolf-running in Tabriz, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar)
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creation date:			c. 1595–1600
creation date earliest:		1595
creation date latest:		1600
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creditline:			Alma Kroeger Fund
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culture:	
technique:	Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Banavari 1 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)  - artist

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measurements: Page: 35.2 x 23.8 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed by Banwari
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art and Stories from Mughal India
	opening date:   2016-07-31T04:00:00
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 13, 2003 - February 18, 2004.<br><br>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245); July 2, 2014 -

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PROVENANCE

	Private Collection, London
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fun fact:
During extreme activities, turbans could come unwound and fall off.

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wall description:
After four years of traveling in exile, fleeing Afghan forces, Humayun reached Tabriz, the glittering capital of the Safavid dynasty in northwestern Iran, here imaginatively rendered by the Indian artist. There the second Mughal emperor enjoyed warm hospitality extended by the shah of Iran, who called for a game of wolf-running for which the city was famous. Artists painting during the time of Akbar, late in his reign when historical subjects dominated, speculated as to how the game was played, based on eyewitness accounts. They gave the figures lively emotive expressions and gestures, and the dense crowding successfully conveys the pandemonium of the scene.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2003-2004." <em>Archives of Asian Art</em> 56 (2006): pp. 109-32.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 113, fig. 7
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20111341

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IMAGES

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