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A Mendicant Bowing before a Holy Man

c. 1585; borders added later

Basawan

Material / technique
Gum tempera, ink and gold on paper
Attribution / role
See the museum attribution
Collection / source
Cleveland Museum of Art

Artwork notes

Later borders belong to the object’s history, not necessarily the original painting campaign.

Materials, marks and colour

Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.

Media and surface

Fine brushes, ink, gum tempera and gold suit small, closely viewed pages.

Marks and structure

Gesture and overlapping landscape help organise crowded stories.

Palette and light

Careful colour distribution separates incidents without breaking the page into unrelated pieces.

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