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Written by: Tarık ÖzdemirSpecialist · Miniature Painting
Книжная миниатюра · Catalogue no. 1376
Ustad Mansur

Siberian Crane

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c.1625. Natural-history study for Jahangir.Historical contextThis work belongs to the history of Miniature Painting, a tradition traced on Matchless Pieces from its origins to the present.

Artist / MakerUstad Mansur
About the Artist

fl. 1590–1630, Mughal IndiaJahangir’s “Wonder of the Age”, the supreme natural-history painter: the zebra, the turkey, the Siberian crane — each a scientific portrait of a single animal. Full biography →

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