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The game of wolf-running in Tabriz, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar)

The game of wolf-running in Tabriz, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar)

Banavari 1 · c. 1595–1600

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Palette

Tan
68% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.3:1

Warm grey
9% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.8:1

Bone white
9% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.9:1

Iron
6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.5:1

Terracotta
4% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.6:1

Blue-grey
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist: Banavari 1
Indian, active 1550s-1590s
Date: c. 1595–1600
Type: Painting
Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Size: Page: 35.2 x 23.8 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
Period: 16th century
Themes: Reading and letters
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 61, colourfulness 21

Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Cleveland Museum of Art marks it public domain (share_license_status = CC0). Europe: Made by Banavari 1 (death year unrecorded), made by 1600: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (share_license_status is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules