Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II Khan Hunting with a Hawk

Farrukh Beg, 1590 – 1595
Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II Khan Hunting with a Hawk, Farrukh Beg
Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II Khan Hunting with a Hawk, zoomed in
28.7 cmSultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II Khan Hunting with a Hawk scale comparison15.6 cm

Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II Khan Hunting with a Hawk is a Mughal Oil on Paper Painting created by Farrukh Beg from 1590 to 1595. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Horses and Royalty. DownloadSee Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II Khan Hunting with a Hawk in the Kaleidoscope

Farrukh Beg served as a court painter for three Indian rulers: two emperors and the Sultan of Bijapur. This miniature, a type of small, detailed illustration bound into books, shows the Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II, riding his horse and holding a hunting hawk. The Sultan was a poet, artist and Sunni Muslim who upheld values of religious tolerance, including Christians. His reign was cosmopolitan and prosperous. A good time to be an artist.

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