New Book:
Indian Court Painting, 16th-19th century
By Steven Kossak
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - 1997
Paintings of extraordinary beauty and variety were made for the many royal courts of India during a golden age that unfolded in the sixteenth century and lasted w...
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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
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
Close view of sculpture of Matsyavatara (fish incarnation of Vishnu), Garhwa, Allahabad District - 1875
Photograph of a sculpture of the fish incarnation of Vishnu, Matsya avatara, from Gharwa, taken by Joseph David Beglar in the 1870s. At Garwa there is a pentagonal shaped compound inside whi...
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Maharao Ram Singh II's marriage celebrations at Udaipur
Kota, probably 1851
Maharao Ram Singh, seen twice in his elephant howdah, arrives at the Udaipur palace for his marriage to the sister of Maharana Sarup Singh, who stands with courters waiting to greet him on a terrace in front of the pa...
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Nobleman smoking on a terrace
North India, c. 1670
A Mughal nobleman, possibly an officer serving with Aurangzeb’s armies in the Deccan, sits drinking from a porcelain wine-cup, while a youth in a flowered robe holds the hookah steady for him. Further youthful attendants stand at either side....
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Pen-and-ink and water-colour drawing of the mausoleum of Rabi'a Daurani at Aurangabad by Colin MacKenzie (1754-1821) in 1816. Inscribed on the front in ink is: 'Mausoleum of Rabeea Dooranny, wife of the Emperor Aurunzebe at Aurangabad.'
"Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album - 1645 AD
A shamsa (literally, sun) traditionally opened imperial Mughal albums. Worked in bright colors and several tones of gold, the meticulously designed and painted arabesques are e...
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The War Elephants Citranand and Udiya Collide in Battle: 1590-1595
This painting from the Akbarnama (Book of Akbar) is the left half of a double-page composition. The other side is Museum no. IS.2: 63-1896. It depicts the elephant Citranand attacking another, called Udiya, during the Mughal camp...
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Shuja, Aurangzeb, and Murad Bakhsh mounted on horses in a landscape with mountains and a village in the background. Equestrian portrait with landscape.
By Balchand (artist) 17th century AD
By permission of The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
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A Mughal Emperor, possibly Aurangzeb is seated on a throne under a gold canopy. He inspects a piece of jewellery in his left hand. One of his sons stands behind him. An attendant waving a morchal stands behind the Emperor. Courtiers surround him; the one in the foregroun...
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Gouache painting on paper. Śiva is leaning against a bolster on a terrace and is accompanied by Pārvatī. Her tiger mount and Nandi, Śiva's mount, are positioned on either side. Gaṇeśa holds a fly-whisk in his trunk - 1800.