Cleveland Museum of Art
Falcon on a Perch
- Date
- c. 1610
- Medium
- gum tempera on paper
- Culture
- Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Falcons were prized participants in royal hunting expeditions, and this painting may be a portrait of a favorite bird or a gift from an ally. The bird faces left, and the talons are tied to the perch with a black string. The light green background, flowering trees, and plants provide dynamism to the composition and reveal the artist’s awareness of Persian, Mughal, or Deccani styles of painting. A thin coat of malachite was applied for the background.
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