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Falcon on a Perch
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About this work
Falcons were prized participants in royal hunting expeditions, and this painting may be a portrait of a favorite bird or a gift from an ally. The bird faces left, and the talons are tied to the perch with a black string. The light green background, flowering trees, and plants provide dynamism to the composition and reveal the artist’s awareness of Persian, Mughal, or Deccani styles of painting.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFalcon on a Perch, c. 1610. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Amber. Gum tempera on paper; miniature: 12.8 x 8.9 cm (5 1/16 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.165
