Dance in Art

Circumcision ceremony for Akbar’s sons, painting 126 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)

Dharam Das (Indian, active c. 1580–1605)

Medium:

gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Collection:

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Source:

cma

Rights:

CC0

Circumcision ceremony for Akbar’s sons, painting 126 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602), by Dharam Das (Indian, active c. 1580–1605), is a public-domain gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper in the LODance gallery of dance in art. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.