Ustad Mansur
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Ustad Mansur was a seventeenth-century Indian painter and naturalist who served as a Mughal court artist. During this period, he excelled at depicting plants and animals, was the earliest artist to de
Tulip from Kashmir (c. 1610) by Mansur Naqqash
A painting depicting the dodo ascribed to Ustad Mansur dated to the period 1628–1633. This is one of the few coloured images of the dodo made from a living specimen.
Dipper (c. 1620) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Siberian crane (c. 1625)
Naubat Khan
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Naubat Khan was an Indian classical music composer, musician and instrumentalist who was made a Mansabdar by Mughal Emperor Akbar. He is known today for his skills with the rudra veena or bīn, which h
Ustad Mansur
…edge of the mouth, and a line of white scales on the underside of the belly. Mansur was also a capable portrait artist. His painting of the musician Naubat Khan who worked in the courts of Akbar and later Jahangir is an example. A crater on the planet Mercury is named in honour of Mansur. Bosworth, CE; E. van…
Portrait of Naubat Khan Kalawant by Ustad Mansur, Mughal School ca. 1600, British Museum, London.
A double sided Muraqqa Folio, The Verso Folio, ca. 1580-1600.
The musician Naubat Khan playing a rudra vina (front side), ca. 1580-1600.
Hussain Quli presents prisoners of war to Akbar, a view of the bin player Naubat Khan (in white dress holding Rudra Vina). Illustration from the Akbar-nama, Mughal school, towards 1590.Victoria & Albert Museum U.K.