Nãdir-al-’Asr ("Unequalled of the age") by Ustad Mansur
Died
1624 (1625)
Years active
c. 1590–1624
Known for
Painting
Movement
Animal painting Nature Painting Mughal Painting
Ustad Mansur (died 1624) was a seventeenth-century Indian painter and naturalist who served as a Mughal court artist. During which period he excelled at depicting plants and animals. He was the earliest artist to depict the dodo in colour, apart from being the first to illustrate the Siberian crane. Towards the end of Akbar's reign, he gained the title of ustad (master) and during the reign of Mughal Emperor Jahangir his masterpieces earned him the title of Nãdir-al-’Asr (Unequalled of the age). Although he was largely known for his natural history illustrations, he also portrayed people in various manuscript illustrations.
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made for Akbar. These subjects also had specialist artists, including UstadMansur. Milo C. Beach argues that "Mughal naturalism has been greatly overstressed...
classical Greek words leukos for "white" and geranos for a "crane". UstadMansur, a 17th-century court artist and singer of Jahangir, had illustrated...
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Srirangam. Early 17th century. Ca. 1605. Portrait of Naubat Khan by UstadMansur, Mughal School ca. 1605, British Museum, London. The instrument is depicted...
fourth Mughal emperor Jahangir received a zebra from Ethiopia in 1620 and UstadMansur made a painting of it. In the 1670s, Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes I exported...
calligraphic strokes reminiscent of the works of Mughal Court artist UstadMansur. His drawings of mountain-rats, hanging bats, parrots, and storks are...
portraits and durbar scenes. His most talented portrait painters were UstadMansur, Abul Hasan and Bishandas. Shah Jahan (1627–1658) continued the patronage...
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For example, Emperor Jahangir commissioned brilliant artists such as UstadMansur to realistically portray unusual flora and fauna throughout the empire...
of Naubat Khan painted during Akbar's reign and attributed to the artist Mansur, is held in the British Museum. Another tinted drawing of him is in the...
western tragopan has been described as a range-restricted species. by UstadMansur 1625 by D G Elliot 1872 BirdLife International (2017). "Tragopan melanocephalus"...
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