Indian Black Buck being led by it's keeper

Manohar Das was an elegant and celebrated artist in the Mughal court of Akbar and later Jahangir. He was brought up among his father Basawan Yadav and he learned the art of painting under the influence of his father’s works. Manohar’ s works primarily depicted the court life and portraits of royal people. "Indian Black Buck being led by it' s keeper" is a painting done by him which depicts a black buck with a rope around its mouth being led somewhere by its keeper. The buck takes a central position in this composition while the keeper is painted on the left side of the paper. The long horns of the buck have been painted with precision giving the buck a very realistic look. His black and white coat,long legs, his beautiful eyes and mouth and its accurate posture shows the keenness of the artists at the mughal atelier for even animals which are always in movement with such stability and accuracy. The keeper stands besides the black buck in a bent posture pulling on the rope of the buck to lead him somewhere. The keeper is wearing a simple orange kurti with an embroidered sash, purple coloured leggings and brown juttis with a red border and a plain white turban. His facial expressions are calm as he is trying to take control over the animal. The painting has a floral border and the Persian calligraphy is placed on the top and the bottom with blue corners and flowers around the calligraphy as well. This painting shows how keen the observers were the Mughal artists and how precise their paintings were. Its depicits the Mughal interest in the Persian calligraphy, delicate ornamentation, natural and realistic animal and human paintings.