Basawan

1560–1600 · India

Basāwan Yadav, or Basāvan Yadav (flourished 1580–1600), was an Indian miniature painter in the Mughal style. He was known by his contemporaries as a skilled colorist and keen observer of human nature, and for his use of portraiture in the illustrations of Akbarnama, Mughal Emperor, Akbar's official Biography, which is seen as an innovation in Indian art. Wikipedia

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Works

“Majnun and the emaciated horse” — Indian Museum
“The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, page from a manuscript of the Akbarnama”, 1585–1595 — Art Institute of Chicago
“Mihrdukht aims her arrow at the ring”, 1570 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“A Mughal and a Rajput Converse at Dusk” — Arthur M. Sackler Museum
“Courtier Awaiting Akbar's Command”, 1575 — Arthur M. Sackler Museum
“Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank”, 1600 — Cleveland Museum of Art
“A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album”, 1587 — Cleveland Museum of Art
“A holy man prostrating himself before a learned prince”, 1585 — Cleveland Museum of Art
“Akbar visits the tomb of Khwajah Mu'in ad-Din Chishti at Ajmer”, 1590–1595 — Victoria and Albert Museum
“Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page”, 1560 — Cleveland Museum of Art
“The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night”, 1560 — Cleveland Museum of Art
“The Virgin and Child”, 1590 — San Diego Museum of Art