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Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and princes, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)

Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and princes, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)

Lal · c. 1596–1600

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Palette

Sand
61% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.4:1

Ash
11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.7:1

Madder
10% of the image
Red · text contrast 5.3:1

Cinnamon
9% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.1:1

Iron
7% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.9:1

Honey
3% of the image
Orange · text contrast 8.2:1

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: Lal
Indian, active c. 1555–1600
Date: c. 1596–1600
Type: Painting
Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Size: Painting: 33.3 x 21.1 cm (13 1/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
Place: Mughal India
Period: 16th century
Themes: Reading and letters
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 62, colourfulness 29

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 Lal (death year unrecorded), made by 1605: 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