Skip to main content

Illustration from the Hamza Nama: PD.204-1948

An image of Miniature (painting)
View image details Mirador icon - view image Mirador deep zoom IIIF Manifest IIIF Manifest Slow looking

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Alternative views

An image of Miniature (painting)
An image of Miniature (painting)
An image of Miniature (painting)
An image of Miniature (painting)
An image of Miniature (painting)
View all 26 images attached
Current Location: In storage

Titles

Illustration from the Hamza Nama
A fight between Hamza and the giant, Zamurrad, with a sword, in an enclosure in which stands a throne under a balcony; various onlookers
Calligraphy

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles through the National Art Collections Fund, 1946.

Measurements and weight

Height: 680 mm
Width: 520 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1948) by Manuk, P. C. and Coles, G. M., Miss

Note

Formerly catalogued as 'Indo-Persian, c. 1555-1567'.

School or Style

Mogul School

Materials used in production

Bodycolour

Components of the work

Support composed of cotton (textile)
Recto
Verso

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.204-1948
Primary reference Number: 35817

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 16 June 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Illustration from the Hamza Nama" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/35817 Accessed: 2025-12-05 19:28:45

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/35817 |title=Illustration from the Hamza Nama |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-05 19:28:45|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-35817

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp18/PD_204_1948.jpg"
        alt="Illustration from the Hamza Nama"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Illustration from the Hamza Nama</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo