Artwork
Text, Folio 28 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 28 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra is an unspecified painting by the Mughal Painting artist Unknown. It dates from 1488 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. This page is from an ancient manuscript, specifically a Kalpa-sutra text, presented in a decorative handwritten form.
About this work
Overview
This page is from an ancient manuscript, specifically a Kalpa-sutra text, presented in a decorative handwritten form.
Technique & Style
The text is written in a decorative script with intricate flourishes and ornaments, and certain passages are highlighted in red ink, adding visual emphasis to the page.
Subject & Meaning
The content of the page is a written text, with the red highlights likely indicating important sections or phrases within the Kalpa-sutra, a type of Jain scripture.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
Giacomo and Cardinal Marco, investing Andrea, Abbot of San Zeno, with his Benefice
The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
