Untitled

Executed in opaque watercolor, the work displays the characteristic strong contour lines and vivid pigments typical of Yaqub Kashmiri’s hand. The artist merges Persian miniature conventions with emerging Indian motifs, evident in the elaborate costumes and the dynamic pose of the horse, while maintaining a relatively flat pictorial space.

Attributed to Yaqub Kashmiri, an artist active in the late sixteenth century, the painting originates from the Mughal atelier under Emperor Akbar. It formed part of the illustrated Baburnama, a project that combined literary and visual documentation of the dynasty’s lineage, and has remained within scholarly collections of Mughal manuscripts.