Rare Paintings
 10 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Evening in Benares, India - 1912
By William Rothenstein
Oil on canvas

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 10 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
A State Procession in India
By Thomas Daniell and William Daniell (attributed to)

Oil on canvas, 47.6 x 57.2 cm

Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum Read More
 9 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Enlarged:
Women who worship Shiva are interrupted by a vision of Krishna, anonymous, ca 1795 - ca 1805

Gouache and gold

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 8 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Women who worship Shiva are interrupted by a vision of Krishna, anonymous, ca 1795 - ca 1805

Gouache and gold

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 8 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
The Great Pagoda in Chidambaram, India
By Carel Frederik Reimer, 1774

Black pen and brush in brown colors on watercolor paper

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 7 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Porch of Parvati's Temple at Chidambaram - 1847

This is plate 19 from James Fergusson's 'Ancient Architecture in Hindoostan'. Chidambaram is the sacred spot where Shiva, in the form of Nataraja, danced his powerful cosmic dance. It has been a place of pilgrimage in Tamil Nadu since about the n... Read More
 7 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
View of the Pagoda of Chidambaram - 1762

Drawing by F. Swain Ward in c.1762 of the temple at Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu, part of King George III's Topographical Collection. The town of Chidambaram is a famed religious and artistic centre in south India. The temple here is dedicated to Shiva in ... Read More
 6 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Sri Krishna kills the demon Gala (scene from the Harivamsa), ca.1585
Mughal dynasty
Reign of Akbar

Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
India

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 6 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Krishna and the Golden City of Dwarka from the Harivamsha (Geneology of Vishnu)
ca. 1585

Miskin active late 1570s–ca. 1604)
Mughal dynasty
Reign of Akbar

Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
H: 34.9 W: 23.2 cm
India

The painting represents the mythical city of Dwarka, where ... Read More
 5 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Sultan Murad and a Consort
ca. 1597

Manohar active 1582–ca. 1624))
Mughal dynasty
Reign of Akbar
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
India

This image is an unusually intimate portrait of royal lovers reclining in a garden setting. It portrays Prince Murad, the intellectually incline... Read More
 5 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Folio from the Ramayana of Valmiki (The Freer Ramayana), Vol. 2, folio 199; recto: text; verso: Laksmana is stricken by the magic arrows of Indrajita
1597-1605

Fazl , (Indian, Indian)
Mughal dynasty

Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
H: 27.5 W: 15.2 cm
Northern India

Copyr... Read More
 5 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Essay:
The Synthesis of European and Mughal Art in the Emperor Akbar’s Khamsa of Nizami
By Gregory Minissale
October 13, 2000

The European engravings brought to India in the sixteenth century by the Jesuits to help communicate Christian doctrines to the Mughals are well documented. Prints of no... Read More
 5 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Susanna and the Elders, folio from the Gulshan Album (Rose Garden album)
ca. 1595

Mughal dynasty
Reign of Jahangir
Oil on paper (image); opaque watercolor and gold on paper (borders)
H: 24.7 W: 13.4 cm
India

This folio is a striking demonstration of Mughal artistic creativity and experimenta... Read More
 5 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Seated Youth, ca. 1600

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

Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
H: 12.4 W: 7.3 cm
India

Portraits of graceful young men reading or holding flowers are frequent in Iranian painting though rare in Mughal art. This drawin... Read More
 4 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Persian Portraits, Etc.
Double view. On left: Album leaf (verso). Portrait. The bow-bearer of Shah ?Abbas. On right: Album leaf (recto); painting. Vishnu as Matsya returning the Vedas to Brahman. On paper.
Mughal Style
Late 17th century
Deccan, India

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 4 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Persian Portraits, Etc.
DescriptionAlbum leaf (recto); painting. Viṣṇu as Matsya returning the Vedas to Brahman. Painted on paper.
Mughal Style
Late 17th century
Deccan, India

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 4 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Watercolour painting on paper of Matsya, the fish incarnation of Viṣṇu. The painting shows Matsya as a giant golden fish pulling a boat on which are Manu and other religious teachers. In the foreground of the painting is an Asura emerging from a large conch shell, armed with a sword and shield. T... Read More
 4 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Representations of the incarnations of the Indian god Vishnu, Bernard Picart, 1721.

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 3 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Ten Avatars of Vishnu
Rajasthan School
1800 (circa)

Gouache painting on paper. Viṣṇu in the form of Matsya, the first avatar of the god. The Vedas, ancient Indian texts, were once stolen by the demon Hayagriva while Brahma slept. Matsya restored the Vedas by diving into the ocean, where a ba... Read More
 3 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Rawat Gokul Das inspecting a snared tiger
Deogarh, 1810 - 1820
Artist: Chokha (active 1799 - c. 1826)

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 2 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Enlarged:
Maharao Ram Singh II's marriage celebrations at Udaipur
Kota, probably 1851

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