Rare Paintings
 20 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Painting of a marriage party by Nandalal Bose, watercolour on paper, Bengal, India, ca. 1900

Nandalal Bose (1883-1966) was an influential figure of the Bengal School of Art. He was an immediate disciple of Abanindranath Tagore, the leading artist and exponent of the school, as well as the refo... Read More
 19 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
NANDALAL BOSE (1882-1966)

A celebrated painter of modern India. A genius who was admired in many countries. His was an attractive personality, which combined boundless learning and a unique genius with unaffected modesty and gentle humor.

Nandalal tried unceasingly to learn to paint. From ... Read More
 19 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Arjuna in Virat Sabha by Nandalal Bose
Watercolour on paper, Bengal, India, ca. 1905

A group of ladies watch a eunuch dance. This painting is of a scene from the Sanskrit epic the Mahabharata. In this particular episode, the Pandava brothers and their wife Draupadi had to remain in disguise for ... Read More
 16 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Tower of Silence, Bombay - 1860

Watercolour of the Tower of Silence in Bombay by Colonel Stevenson c.1860. Inscribed on the back in pencil is: 'Tower of Silence, India. Col. Stevenson'.

The Parsi community, followers of the ancient Zoroastrian faith from Persia, are thought to have arrived ... Read More
 16 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Saru Taqi, a Safavid courtier
ca. 1618

Bishandas
Mughal dynasty
Reign of Jahangir

Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
H: 21.6 W: 14.3 cm
India

This painting is a relatively rare portrait of an important Safavid historical figure by a celebrated Mughal painter. The painting ... Read More
 15 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
A Zebra - ca.1621
India

Artist: Mansur
Opaque watercolour and gold on paper

This depiction of a zebra bears an inscription 'A mule which the Turks in the company of Mir Ja'far had brought from Abyssinia in the year 1030 [1620-21] and the Wonder of the Age, Ustad Mansur, has drawn it'. A ... Read More
 15 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Muhammad Ali Beg - ca. 1631
Inscription: Shabeeh Mohammed Ali Baig Elchi. Amal Hashim

India
Artist: Hashim
Opaque watercolour and gold on paper

Muhammad ‘Ali Beg was the ambassador sent to the Mughal court by Shah Abbas of Iran, arriving in time for the New Year festival in March 1631. He re... Read More
 15 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Allegorical representation of Emperor Jahangir and Shah Abbas of Persia from the St. Petersburg Album
ca. 1618; margins 1747–48

Abu'l Hasan b. 1588 or 1589)
Mughal dynasty
Reign of Jahangir

Opaque watercolor, ink, silver and gold on paper
H: 23.8 W: 15.4 cm
India

This brilliantly executed ... Read More
 14 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Night Watch by Rembrandt

Another one of a Rembrandt’s more famous group portraits is Night Watch, commissioned in 1642. This portrait embodies the Baroque style with its drama and animated crowd (Rosenberg 139). Night Watch was commissioned by Captain Banning Cocq and has been hailed as his mo... Read More
 14 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Shah Jahan and his son by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, 1656

Pen and brush in brown on light brown Japanese paper.

Source: Rijksmuseum Read More
 14 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Drawn by Rembrandt
ca. 1656-1661
Dutch

A Mughal Nobleman standing; after a Mughal miniature, whole-length, almost in profile to right, his right hand on the handle of a dagger in his belt. c.1656-1661.

Pen and brown ink with grey and brown wash, touched with red chalk (in the turban) and ... Read More
 14 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Drawn by Rembrandt
ca. 1656-1661
Dutch

Four Orientals seated under a tree; bearded old men wearing turbans, seated in a half-circle on a terrace, one holding a cup, the other a book, a steep rocky outcrop behind. c.1656-1661

Pen and brown ink with brown and grey wash, touched with white and wi... Read More
 14 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Thesis:
Rembrandt Redefined: Making the “Global Artist” in Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam
by Jina Chung, B.A.
Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of
The University of Texas at Austin

"...In my desire to portray Rembrandt as a “global” artist, I consciously chose to avoid solely ... Read More
 14 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Drawn by Rembrandt
ca. 1656-1661
Dutch (scope note

Emperor Jahāngīr receiving an Officer; copy after a Mughal miniature, the Emperor, with halo, seated on a divan with a sabre in his left hand, a man holding a document standing before him at left. c.1656-1661

Pen and brown ink, with bro... Read More
 14 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Essay:
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
By Walter Liedtke
Department of European Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A prolific painter, draftsman, and etcher, Rembrandt is usually regarded as the greatest artist of Holland's "Golden Age." He worked first in his native Leiden and, fro... Read More
 14 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Drawn by Rembrandt
ca. 1656-1661
Dutch

A Mughal nobleman on horseback; after a Mughal miniature, a man, with slight beard, holding a two-headed lance seated on a horse which is rearing to right. c.1656-1661.

Pen and brown ink with brown and grey wash, touched with red and yellow chalk a... Read More
 13 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Gouache painting on paper of BAHADUR SHAH II seated on a chair with lion claw feet, on a terrace. Bahadur Shah II is lavishly attired, wearing a multi-coloured shawl over his shoulder and waist and jewellery at his neck, wrists and arms. He holds a huqqa pipe in his left hand and rests his right ... Read More
 12 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Bahadur Shah I with his sons handing a sarpech to a grandson, ca. 1710.
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. H. 12 3⁄8 × W. 9 1⁄4 in. (31.4 × 23.5 cm).

Source: The San Diego Museum of Art, Edwin Binney 3rd Collection Read More
 12 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
The Emperor Bahadur Shah
Delhi, 1855 - 1858

Europeanised in its full-face portraiture and modelling, this sadly gazing nobleman is the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah II (r.1837-1858). Like his father, seen in the previous painting [LI118.33], he ruled India in name only, and his domains hardly... Read More
 11 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Painting of the Tejaprabha Buddha (Chisong Gwangbul) together with the North Pole star (Pukkuk song), surrounded by figures representing the navagraha (nine planets), twenty-eight constellations and the twelve western signs of the zodiac; mineral colours on coarse silk. Red rectangular panel on c... Read More
 10 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Agra, India - 1906
By Albert Goodwin
Oil, pen & ink on canvas, 30 x 39 cm

Collection: Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery Read More