A Banquet Scene from the Tarikh-i-Alfi

Object Details

• Artist

  Tarya

• Calligrapher

  Nar Singh (Painted between late 1580s and 1604)

• Court

  Mughal Court

• School/Tradition

  Mughal School

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court (September 25, 1981 to 30 March 1982)

  Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)

  Centennial Exhibition, West Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Painting, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to November 28, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting, 1947 (April 23 to September 30, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting (December 20, 1944 to April 23, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

• Origin

  India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1580s

• Name

  Tarya, Singh, Nar

• Place

  India

• Topic

  Rites and ceremonies, South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Animals, Drums (Membranophones), Food habits, Cymbal, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Reign of Akbar (1556 - 1605), Reed instrument, Horses, Lute

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Paintings