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Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank

c. 1600

Basawan

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

Artwork notes

A single figure offers another setting for close observation.

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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