Vabhruvahana Approaches Arjuna, page from the Khan Khanan's Razm-nama (c. 1610?–17): Art, History and Details

Vabhruvahana Approaches Arjuna, page from the Khan Khanan's Razm-nama (c. 1610?–17) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Sur Das Gujarati (Indian, active 16th century).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

A tree with a whimsically mint-green trunk populated with birds and nests with eggs appears to the left of the block of text, in which the action below is described in Persian. Under the tree on a blanket is Arjuna, one of the main heroes of the Razm-nama. He is an extraordinary warrior and holds his bow as he receives his son Vabhruvahana, who has come to apologize for having captured the horse of the royal horse sacrifice––a major indiscretion.

Object facts

• Title: Vabhruvahana Approaches Arjuna, page from the Khan Khanan's Razm-nama
• Date: c. 1610?–17
• Creator attribution: Sur Das Gujarati (Indian, active 16th century)
• Culture: India, Subimperial Mughal school, 17th century
• Type: Painting
• Technique: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
• Dimensions: Overall: 35 x 24 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
• Collection: Indian Art
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 1960.44

Collection credit

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Marcus, Margaret. "A Page from a Date: 'Razm Nama.'" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 48, no. 1 (January 1961): 12-14.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.

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