# Elephant and rider

- By: Keshavdas (1555–1617)
- Date: c. 1580 - c. 1590
- Medium: paper, deck paint, gouache (paint)
- Classification: drawing
- Dimensions: height 189 mm x width 125 mm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Gerrit-Jan Verburgt bequest, 1969)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-521--47286409927e1907434e406dff127791)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/qrnbG/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The elephant and rider rest in the shade of a tree. The animal’s legs are chained together to prevent sudden movements. The miniaturist Kesu Das was active in the workshop of the Mughal emperor Akbar. He was a master in the rendering of light on fabric.