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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instanceOf Mughal painter
painter
person
activeInCentury 17th century
late 16th century
artForm gouache on paper
opaque watercolor on paper
artisticMovement Mughal painting NERFINISHED
associatedWith Jahangirnama illustration tradition
imperial Mughals NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Mughal Empire NERFINISHED
courtTitle Ustad NERFINISHED
culturalContext Indo-Persian art
employer Jahangir NERFINISHED
Mughal court NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Mughal imperial court NERFINISHED
region South Asia
religiousCulturalBackground Islamic artistic tradition
styleCharacteristic close study from life
fine detail
naturalistic rendering
workedFor Mughal imperial atelier NERFINISHED
workPeriod reign of Jahangir NERFINISHED

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Mughal paintings notableArtist Ustad Mansur