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| Keywords: Indian - Single Leaf of a Nilgai - Walters W865 - Detail.jpg Walters manuscript leaf W 865 this painting of a nilgai also called a blue bull or Boselaphus tragocamelus which is an antelope indigenous to Asia is attributable to the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan reigned 1037-1068 AH/AD 1627-1658 Such animal studies were popular commissions among the Mughal emperors who showed a marked curiosity about the natural world in their royal histories Patronage of paintings of flora fauna and animals received a particular impetus under the Mughal emperor Jahangir reigned 1014-1037 AH/AD 1605-1627 and was continued under later Mughals The detailed foliage in the foreground and the light green background are comparable to other studies of single animals dating to ca 1049 AH/AD 1640 1031-1059 AH/AD 1625-1650 Mughal ink pigments paper cm 21 27 9 accession number W 865 26511 John and Berthe Ford Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2001 place of origin north India Walters Art Museum license 2D Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review 17th-century Mughal miniatures Animals in art of India Mughal miniatures in the Walters Art Museum Nilgai | ||||
