# Rooster

- Date: c. 1620
- Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Image: 18.3 x 12.1 cm (7 3/16 x 4 3/4 in.); Overall: 37.3 x 25.4 cm (14 11/16 x 10 in.)
- Culture: India, Mughal, 17th century
- Credit line: Gift of Herbert F. Leisy
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.501)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1944.501/1944.501_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This bird, with its fierce expression, sharp beak, and spurred feet, may have been a champion in the cockfighting ring. The Mughal emperor Jahangir requested that his royal court artists paint portraits of remarkable birds and animals with as much realism as possible. He felt that such paintings enhanced feelings of amazement beyond hearing or reading an account.