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Battle between Sannyasis at Thanesar, 1567, (left panel)
from the Akbarnama
Left side of a double panel. Composition designed by Basawan. Details on the left half painted by Asi.
Object: Painting
Place of origin: Mughal Empire (made)
Date: ca. 1590-95 (made)
Artist/Maker: Basawan (maker) Asi (maker)
Materials and Techniques: Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Museum number: IS.2:62-1896
This painting from the Akbarnama (Book of Akbar) is the left side of a double-page composition by Basawan, one of the greatest artists at the Mughal court. The right side is Museum no. IS.2:61-1896. Together they depict a battle between sannyasis (Hindu holy men) at Thanesar in north-west India. This side of the composition, the details of which were painted by Asi (the brother of another artist, Miskina, as the contemporary inscription beneath the painting specifies) shows a tank in which other sannyasis are bathing, seemingly oblivious to the battle going on around them.
V & A Museum.