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An Audience with Sheikh Sa'di
Artist:Mir Kalan Khan
| Support Type: | Paper |
| Paint Type: | Gouache |
| Current Location: | The painting is currently at the David Collection,Copenhagen,Denmark. |
| Location History: | The painting was created in Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh, India around circa 1775 and was brought to The David Collection,Copenhagen,Denmark in the year 1981. |
Beneath the quiet canopy, time slows into conversation. The aged poet bends over a manuscript, not merely teaching words but cultivating ways of seeing. Around him, attentive listeners become living verses, each carrying a different silence—curiosity, longing, and reflection. Blossoming trees lean inward like unseen witnesses, while the moonlit sky stretches above, suggesting that wisdom belongs equally to earth and heaven. The garden is no ordinary setting; it is a sanctuary where knowledge blooms like flowers and every page turned becomes a leaf in the tree of memory. Here, learning is not instruction—it is an intimate exchange between generations, nature, and the enduring soul of poetry.
Information Compiled by
Kripa Sharma