An Elephant and Keeper
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 1650–60
Medium: Opaque color and gold on paper
Dimensions: Image: 7 1/16 × 8 11/16 in. (18 × 22 cm) Frame: 11 1/2 × 13 1/4 × 3/4 in. (29.2 × 33.7 × 1.9 cm)
Classification: Codices
Country: India
Themes: Elephants
Howard Hodgkin Collection, Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions, Harris Brisbane Dick, and 2020 Benefit Funds; Howard S. and Nancy Marks, Lila Acheson Wallace, and Friends of Islamic Art Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and funds from various donors, 2022
Date range
1625 – 1685
Largest dimension
22.0 cm
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