Folio from the Gulshan Album (Rose Garden album); recto: Elephant and trainer; verso: Quatrain in nasta'liq allegedly by Mir 'Ali al-Katib

Object Details

• Artist

  Attributed to Farrukh Chela

• Calligrapher

  Calligraphy by Mir Ali al-Katib (died 1559-60 (AH 937))

• Court

  Mughal Court

• School/Tradition

  Mughal school

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Nasta’liq: The Genius of Persian Calligraphy (September 13, 2014 to May 3, 2015)

  Worlds within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran (July 28 to September 16, 2012)

  Encompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries (June 24 to September 16, 2007)

  Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)

  At the Margins (June 4 to November 30, 1997)

  South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)

  The Arts of South Asia (May 13, 1985 to December 2, 1985)

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

  The Brush of the Masters: Drawings from India (October 14, 1978 to May 15, 1979)

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

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)

• Origin

  India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1600s, 1530s

• Name

  Mir Ali al-Katib, Farrukh Chela

• Place

  India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Landscapes, Art, Animals, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Reign of Akbar (1556 - 1605), Illumination, Elephants

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Paintings