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Ashmolean University of Oxford----Musician in a landscape

This painting is attributed to Basawan, one of the leading masters of the Mughal painting workshop under the emperor Akbar (1556-1605). 

This early example of Mughal painting depicts a clean-shaven man wearing a long blue robe and a fur hat of European style. He is sitting cross-legged on a rocky shelf by a stream, with only an attentive jackal and ducks for an audience. His head is inclined in deep reverie as he plays his kamancheh .A gold wine flask and covered vessel stand on either side of him. The receding landscape and its pair of birds and ducks are used to emphasize his solitary and introspective state.

Personally, I need to stress is that the landscape makes me feeling peaceful and come back to countryside in the past period. Besides, I am interested in their costume and accessories.