Ustad Mansur

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Ustad Mansur was a celebrated Mughal court painter renowned for his highly detailed natural history and wildlife illustrations during the reign of Emperor Jahangir.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mughal painter
painter
person
activeInCentury 17th century
late 16th century
artForm gouache on paper
opaque watercolor on paper
artisticMovement Mughal painting
linked to: Mughal paintings
associatedWith Jahangirnama illustration tradition
imperial Mughals
linked to: Mughal dynasty
countryOfCitizenship Mughal Empire
courtTitle Ustad
linked to: Ustad Mansur
culturalContext Indo-Persian art
employer Jahangir
Mughal court
fieldOfWork botanical illustration
ornithological illustration
zoological illustration
genre miniature painting
natural history illustration
historicalEra early modern period
honorificPrefix Ustad
influenced later Indian natural history artists
influencedBy earlier Mughal naturalistic painters
knownFor meticulous observation of nature
scientific accuracy in depiction of flora and fauna
languageOfName Persian
notableFor highly detailed animal paintings
highly detailed bird paintings
natural history painting
wildlife illustration
notableWork paintings of exotic animals
paintings of rare birds
occupation court painter
miniaturist
painter
patron Emperor Jahangir
linked to: Jahangir

Mughal imperial court
linked to: Mughal court
region South Asia
religiousCulturalBackground Islamic artistic tradition
styleCharacteristic close study from life
fine detail
naturalistic rendering
workedFor Mughal imperial atelier
workPeriod reign of Jahangir
linked to: Jahangir

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Mughal paintings notableArtist Ustad Mansur
Ustad Mansur courtTitle Ustad
linked to: Ustad Mansur