Daswanth
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Daswanth or Dasavant (b. 1560 - d. 1584) was a Mughal-era painter in the service of the emperor Akbar.
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- illuminator
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- date of death
- 1584-00-00
- date of birth
- 1500-00-00
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- Daswanth
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- Daswanth
- has works in the collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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Daswanth or Dasavant (b. 1560 - d. 1584) was a Mughal-era painter in the service of the emperor Akbar.
== Life == While not much is known of his early life, it is known that he was Hindu, and the son of a palanquin-bearer. After Daswanth showed natural talent by painting and drawing on walls, the emperor learned of him, and he began to be taught by Khwāja 'Abd al-Samad, a Persian master painter. Abd al-Samad's work was fairly traditional and conservative.
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