#khem karan

[endlesscolour]

Animals in Mughal art, by Mansur, Khem Karan, and an unknown artist. 16th-17th century.

[themuseumwithoutwalls]

MWW Artwork of the Day (1/19/19) Khem Karan (Indian, fl. late 16th-early 17th c.) Prince Riding an Elephant (c. 1600) Ink, opaque watercolor & gold on paper, 19.7 x 27.3 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Fletcher Fund)

Elephants were highly prized at Indian courts, greatly appreciated as gifts, and eagerly sought as booty in military campaigns. Paintings of several admired elephants were made at the Mughal court, much as portraits were made of courtiers and nobles. Khem Karan, whose signature appears at the bottom of the picture, was a well-known painter in Akbar’s atelier.

[magictransistor]

Khem Karan. Adham Khan pays Homage to Akbar at Sarangpur. From the Akbarnama. 1561. 

[ehmerapunjab]

A Pakistani Soldier by a mile marker at Khem Karan (Punjab) during the 1971 INDO-PAK war.