This watercolor blends cultural influences. It features the Mughal subject of a captured elephant, yet the treatment of the rocks, the style of architecture, and the colors of the landscape indicate a Persian influence.

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• What are the figures doing? What is going on?
• What details do you see in the background?
• Which items are in the distance? Which parts of the image look like they are closest to us? How can you tell?
• What colors do you see?
• What lines and shapes do you see?

Although the border is not original to the painting, it was likely made during the same time period. It shows the use of gold, vivid colors, intricate patterns, and careful attention to detail characteristic of Persian painting.

Take a close look at the border. Can you find any lines, shapes, or colors in the painting that are echoed in the border?