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An Ambassador before Humayun
Miskin (Indian, active 1570s–c. 1604)c. 1610
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Humayun, the second Mughal emperor of India, son of Babur and father of Akbar, is enthroned in an outdoor royal encampment. The scene recalls Humayun’s 15 years of exile between 1540 and 1555, many of which he spent traveling through Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran, after an Afghan rebel ousted him from India.
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- Title: An Ambassador before Humayun
- Creator: Miskin (Indian, active 1570s–c. 1604)
- Date Created: c. 1610
- Physical Dimensions: Painting: 20.9 x 11.7 cm (8 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.320
- Medium: opaque watercolor with gold on paper
- Inscriptions: Persian inscription at upper left probably added c. 1700s, in nasta‘liq script: the work of the master Miskin / Great King Hasan . . .]
- Fun Fact: Humayun wore a special type of turban, his Taj-i Izzat (Crown of Power and Glory).
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Mughal India
- Credit Line: Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
- Collection: Indian Art - Mughal
- Accession Number: 2013.320
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