AKM288.14, Three Man Struggle in a Raging River, Folio from a manuscript of the Ethics of Nasir (Akhlaq-i Nasiri), Fol.226v
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AKM288.14, Three Man Struggle in a Raging River, Folio from a manuscript of the Ethics of Nasir (Akhlaq-i Nasiri), Fol.226r
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Three Man Struggle in a Raging River, Folio from a manuscript of the Ethics of Nasir (Akhlaq-i Nasiri)
- Accession Number:AKM288.14
- Creator: Artist (painter attributed): Nand
Author: Nasir al-Din Tusi, Persian, 1201 - 1274
Created for: Nasir al-Din `Abd al-Rahim - Place:Pakistan, Lahore
- Dimensions:23.9 cm × 14.2 cm
- Date:ca. 1590-1595
- Materials and Technique:Opaque watercolour, ink and gold on paper
Relating the Third Discourse, Section 5, the artist Nand has created a painting of three men struggling in a deluge to accompany a parable about the best way to influence kings, whose minds work like “a torrent coming down from the mountain top.” The text states that direct confrontation will not be effective, but that “subtlety and manipulation” will be much more successful in diverting the torrent.
See AKM288 for an introduction to a manuscript of the Ethics of Nasir (Akhlaq-i Nasiri) and links to the other paintings within this manuscript.
— Marika Sardar
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