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INDIAN COURT PAINTING INDIAN COURT PAINTING INDIAN COURT PAINTING Palm leaf manuscripts (Pala) INDIAN COURT PAINTING Palm leaf manuscripts (Pala) Jaina manuscripts from Western INDIAN COURT PAINTING Palm leaf manuscripts (Pala) Jaina manuscripts from Western India Sultanate painting INDIAN COURT PAINTING Palm leaf manuscripts (Pala) Jaina manuscripts from Western India Sultanate painting Early Rajput painting INDIAN COURT PAINTING Palm leaf manuscripts (Pala) Jaina manuscripts from Western India Sultanate painting Early Rajput painting Mughal painting INDIAN COURT PAINTING Palm leaf manuscripts (Pala) Jaina manuscripts from Western India Sultanate painting Early Rajput painting Mughal painting Later Rajput painting INDIAN COURT PAINTING Palm leaf manuscripts (Pala) Jaina manuscripts from Western India Sultanate painting Early Rajput painting Mughal painting Later Rajput painting Company School painting PALA MANUSCRIPTS (Pala rulers were followers of the Mahayana and Tantric schools of Buddhism; produced in present West Bengal, Bangladesh, Bihar regions) Geographic location/provenance: Eastern India Work title: Palm leaf mss. of Prajnaparamita Sutra Dates: 12th C. Repository: London, British Museum Style-period: Pala period Geographic location/provenance: Eastern India, Work title: The Buddha's return from heaven Dates: 1105 Repository: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Style-period: Pala period Geographic location/provenance: Eastern India, Work title: Covers of the Prajnaparamita Work view: Left Dates: c. 1147 Repository: Boston, Museum of Fine Arts Style-period: Pala period Geographic location/provenance: Eastern India, Work title: Prajnaparamita Sutra, bodhisattva (possibly Padmapani) Dates: 12th century Repository: London, British Museum Style-period: Pala period WESTERN INDIAN PAINTING - PRIMARILY JAINA MANUSCRIPTS... COMING FROM THE REGION THAT IS NOW Geographic location/provenance: Western India Work title: Kalpasutra and Kalakacharya Katha Work view: Kalaka and Saka King (above), Balamitra and his wife (below) Dates: c. 1400 Repository: Bombay, Prince of Wales Museum of Western India Style-period: West India School Geographic location/provenance: Western India, Work title: Kalpasutra and Kalakacharya Katha, Balamitra and his wife Work view: detail Dates: c. 1400 Style-period: Jain manuscript Geographic location/provenance: Jaunpur, India Work title: Kalpasutra and Kalakacharya Katha, Sthulabhadra's wife (top l.); ascetics (bot. l); Sthulabhadra as lion (top r.); sisters (bot. r.) Dates: 1465 Repository: Jain Bhandar, Baroda Style-period: Western Indian Styles Geographic location/provenance: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Work title: The close of the Vasanta Vilasa Work view: End of scroll Dates: 1451 Repository: Washington (DC), Freer Gallery of Art Style-period: Western Indian Geographic location/provenance: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Work title: Vasanta Vilasa (The wife addresses her confidant while her husband seated at her left, verse 77) Work view: verses 77, 78, and 79 Dates: 1451 Materials: gold, ink, color on cloth Repository: Washington (DC): Freer Gallery of Art Style-period: Western Indian Geographic location/provenance: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Work title: Vasanta Vilasa Work view: verse 77 Dates: 1451 Repository: Washington (DC), Freer Gallery of Art Style-period: Western Indian SULTANATE PAINTING Geographic location/provenance: Mandu, India Work title: Book of Delicacies (N'imit Nama) Work view: Recipe for Quail, Partridge, Venison Dates: c. 1500 Repository: London: The Oriental and India Office Collection of the British Library Style-period: Sultanate period Geographic location/provenance: Mandu, India Work title: Book of Delicacies (N'imit Nama) Work view: Preparation of minced meat (qima) (Folio 71b) Work description: Book of the recipes of the eccentric Sultans of Mandu (MP). Ghiyath Shahi, Collected and added to by his son and successor, Nasir Repository: London: The Oriental and India Office Collection of the British Library Style-period: Sultanate period Geographic location/provenance: Mandu, India Work title: Ghiyas and courtiers from the Nimat Nama Dates: ca. 1500 Repository: India Office Library, London Style-period: Sultanate Painting Work title: Ghiyas and courtiers from the Book of Delicacies (N'imit Nama) Dates: c. 1500 Style-period: Sultanate period Geographic location/provenance: Mandu, India Work title: Ghiyas having feet rubbed from the Nimat Nama Dates: ca. 1500 Repository: India Office Library, London Style-period: Sultanate Painting Geographic location/provenance: Bengal, India Work title: Sikander and Roshanak in the Sikander Nama Dates: 1531 Repository: London, British Library Style-period: Sultanate Painting Geographic location/provenance: Bengal, India Work title: Sikander in battle from the Sikander Nama Dates: 1531 Repository: London, British Library Style-period: Sultanate Painting Geographic location/provenance: Bengal, India Work title: Sikander receiving gifts from Dara in the Sikander Nama Dates: 1531 Repository: London, British Library Style-period: Sultanate Painting Geographic location/provenance: Bengal, India Work title: Sikander receiving gifts from Dara Work view: Detail Dates: 1531 Repository: London, British Library Style-period: Sultanate Painting Rajputs

Early Rajput Painting Geographic location/provenance: Agra (environs), India Work title: Ramayana Episodes from the Aranyaka Parvan (Rama and Hanuman, Rama shooting arrow at Vali) Dates: 1515 Repository: Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay Style-period: Chaurapanchasika Style Geographic location/provenance: Agra (near), India Work title: Bhagavata Purana Work view: Krishna fighting stork demon Dates: ca. 1550 Repository: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Style-period: Early Rajput Geographic location/provenance: Possibly Mewar, Work title: Champavati in the Chaurapanchasika Dates: 2nd quarter of 16th century Repository: N.C. Mehta Col., Ahmedabad Style-period: Chaurapanchasika Style Work title: Ragamala Work view: Bhairavi Ragini Dates: 16th Century Repository: London, Victoria and Albert Style-period: Early Rajput Mughal Painting Babur (r. 1526-1530)

Mughal Painting Babur (r. 1526-1530)

Humayun (r. 1530 - 1556)

Mughal Painting Babur (r. 1526-1530)

Humayun (r. 1530 - 1556)

Akbar (r. 1556 - 1605)

Mughal Painting Babur (r. 1526-1530)

Humayun (r. 1530 - 1556)

Akbar (r. 1556 - 1605)

Jahangir (r. 1605-1627)

Mughal Painting Babur (r. 1526-1530)

Humayun (r. 1530 - 1556)

Akbar (r. 1556 - 1605)

Jahangir (r. 1605-1627)

Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1658)

Mughal Painting Babur (r. 1526-1530)

Humayun (r. 1530 - 1556)

Akbar (r. 1556 - 1605)

Jahangir (r. 1605-1627)

Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1658)

Aurangzeb (r. 1658-1707)

Mughal Painting Work title: Expansion of the from 1560-1605 (Under Emperor Akbar’s rule) Geographic location/provenance: Northern India Work title: Akbar-nama Work view: Hamid of Bakkar punished during battue, Detail: right page Dates: 1590's Style-period: Court of Akbar Work title: Akbar-nama, Death of Atgah Khan Dates: 1590's Repository: London, Victoria and Albert Museum Style-period: Court of Akbar Geographic location/provenance: Northern India Work title: Akbar-nama Work view: Akbar hunts tigress and cubs; Detail: left page Dates: 1590's Repository: London, Victoria and Albert Museum Style-period: Court of Akbar

Geographic location/provenance: Northern India Work title: Akbar-nama Work view: Akbar killing tigress; Detail: right page Dates: 1590's Repository: London, Victoria and Albert Museum Style-period: Court of Akbar LEFT:

Work title: Akbar-nama, Birth of Salim Dates: 1590's Repository: London, Victoria and Albert Museum Style-period: Court of Akbar

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Geographic location/provenance: Northern India Work title: Akbar-nama Work view: Birth of Murad Dates: 1590-1596 Repository: London, Victoria and Albert Museum Style-period: Court of Akbar Geographic location/provenance: Northern India Work title: Jahangir-nama Work view: Darbar scene Dates: 1605 Repository: Boston, Museum of Fine Arts Style-period: Court of Jahangir Geographic location/provenance: Northern India, Work title: Jahangir-nama, Darbar scene Dates: 1605 Repository: Library Style-period: Court of Jahangir Geographic location/provenance: Northern India Work title: The Emperor's choice Dates: 1625 Repository: Washington (DC), Freer Gallery of Art Style-period: Court of Jahangir Geographic location/provenance: Northern India Work title: Jahangir's dream of the visit of Shah Abbas Dates: 1618-22 Repository: Washington (DC), Freer Gallery of Art Style-period: Court of Jahangir Geographic location/provenance: Northern India, Work title: Shah Jahan at age 25 Dates: 1617 Repository: London, Victoria and Albert Museum Geographic location/provenance: Northern India, Work title: Shah Jahan-nama, Darbar scene Dates: ca. 1628-50 Repository: Windsor, Windsor Castle Style-period: Court of Shah Jahan Geographic location/provenance: Northern India, Work title: Shah Jahan-nama, Darbar scene Dates: ca. 1628-50 Repository: Windsor, Windsor Castle Style-period: Court of Shah Jahan Geographic location/provenance: Northern India Work title: The Padshah-nama Work view: scene in which Jahangir gives prince Shah Jahan a turban ornament Dates: 1632-52 Repository: Windsor, Windsor Castle Style-period: Painting under Shah Jahan Geographic location/provenance: Northern India Work title: The Padshah-nama Work view: Durbar scene in which Jahangir gives prince Shah Jahan a turban ornament Dates: 1632-52 Repository: Windsor, Windsor Castle Style-period: Painting under Shah Jahan

COMPARISON with earlier darbar scene...

Geographic location/provenance: Northern India Work title: Jahangir-nama Work view: Darbar scene Dates: 1605 Repository: Boston, Museum of Fine Arts Style-period: Court of Jahangir Geographic location/provenance: Northern India, Work title: Shah Jahan-nama, Shah Jahan honors Mullahs Work view: Detail: left page Dates: ca. 1628-50 Repository: Washington DC, Freer Gallery of Art Style-period: Court of Shah Jahan Geographic location/provenance: Northern India, Work title: Shah Jahan-nama, Deer hunt Dates: ca. 1628-50 Repository: Windsor, Windsor Castle Style-period: Court of Shah Jahan LEFT:

Geographic location/provenance: Northern India, Work title: Shah Jahan-nama, Deer hunt Dates: ca. 1628-50 Repository: Windsor, Windsor Castle Style-period: Court of Shah Jahan

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Geographic location/provenance: Northern India Work title: Akbar-nama Work view: Akbar killing tigress; Detail: right page Dates: 1590's Repository: London, Victoria and Albert Museum Style-period: Court of Akbar Rajputs Bikaner Mewar Geographic location/provenance: Mewar, , India Creator names: Manohar (II) Work title: Jagat Singh Ramayana, Book I, Fertility Porridge Given to Queens Repository: Mumbai, Prince of Wales Museum Geographic location/provenance: Mewar, Rajasthan, India Creator names: Sahibdin ? Work title: Jagat Singh Ramayana, Book II, Bharata's Visit Repository: London, British Library Geographic location/provenance: Udaipur, Mewar, India Work title: Jagat Singh Hunting Boar Dates: c. 1761 Repository: Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria Style-period: Mewar Late 18th-19th c. Geographic location/provenance: Udaipur, Mewar, India Work title: Ari Singh II in Darbar Dates: 1765 Repository: Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria Style-period: Mewar Late 18th-19th c. Geographic location/provenance: Udaipur, Mewar, India Work title: Ari Singh II and Rani Dates: 1765 Repository: Patna, Kanoria Collection Style-period: Mewar Late 18th-19th c. Work title: Maharaja Man Singh Swimming with Ladies in a Garden Pool Repository: Jodhpur, Mehrangarh Museum Trust Geographic location/provenance: Jodhpur, India Work title: Naths in Procession Work description: 3-panel painting, formerly in the Ehrenfeld Collection Dates: c. 1810 Geographic location/provenance: Jodhpur, India Work title: Naths in Procession Work view: Detail Work description: 3-panel painting, formerly in the Ehrenfeld Collection Dates: c. 1810 Geographic location/provenance: Kishangarh, India Work title: with a Falcon Dates: c. 1725 Geographic location/provenance: Kishangarh, India Creator names: Nihal Chand Work title: The Boat of Love Dates: c. 1750 Geographic location/provenance: Kishangarh, India Work title: Lovers with Betel Dates: ca. 1780 Repository: Calcutta, Kanoria Collection Geographic location/provenance: Bundi, India Work title: Watching Pigeons Dates: c. 1662 Repository: Bharat Kala Bhavan Style-period: Rajput Painting in Bundi and Kotah Geographic location/provenance: Bundi, India Work title: In the Garden Dates: c. 1688 Style-period: Rajput Painting in Bundi and Kotah Geographic location/provenance: Kotah, India Work title: Ram Singh I Hunting Lions at Mukundara Dates: c. 1700 Style-period: Rajput Painting in Bundi and Kotah Geographic location/provenance: Kotah, India Work title: Ram Singh I Hunting Lions at Mukundara Work view: Detail Dates: c. 1700 Style-period: Rajput Painting in Bundi and Kotah Geographic location/provenance: Kotah, India Work title: Sketch of Lions Dates: c. 1745 Style-period: Rajput Painting in Bundi and Kotah Geographic location/provenance: Kotah, India Work title: Ram Singh II Shooting Lions Dates: c. 1830 Repository: Patna, Kanoria Collection Style-period: Rajput Painting in Bundi and Kotah ANOTHER REGION DOMINATED AT FIRST BY RAJPUT RULERS (LATER BY SIKH RULERS) IS THE Pahari / HILL region = present day Jammu, Himachal Pradesh (bounded on north by Tawi River, on south by Ravi River), and parts of Punjab... Geographic location/provenance: Punjab hills (Guler), India Creator names: Nainsukh Work title: Self-Portrait of Nainsukh Dates: c. 1730 Repository: Calcutta, Indian Museum Style-period: Rajput,Pahari, "Guler" Creator names: Nainsukh Work title: Killing a Tiger Style-period: Rajput Painting Creator names: Attr: Nainsukh Work title: Raja Balwant Singh Enjoying the Arts Dates: c. 1754 Repository: London, Victoria and Albert Museum Style-period: Pahari, "Guler" Geographic location/provenance: Punjab hills (Guler), India Creator names: Attr: Nainsukh Work title: Raja Balwant Singh & Painter Dates: c. 1750 Repository: Zurich, Museum Rietberg Zürich Style-period: Pahari, "Guler",Rajput Creator names: Attr: Nainsukh Work title: Raja Balwant Singh Hawking Dates: c. 1753 Repository: London, Victoria and Albert Museum Style-period: Pahari, "Guler" Geographic location/provenance: Punjab hills (Guler), India Creator names: Attr: Nainsukh Work title: Bedtime Dates: c. 1755-60 Repository: Zurich, Museum Rietberg Zürich Style-period: Pahari, "Guler" Geographic location/provenance: Punjab hills (Guler), India Creator names: Attr: Nainsukh Work title: Raja Balwant Singh with Barber Dates: c. 1765 Repository: Mumbai, Prince of Wales Museum Style-period: Pahari, "Guler" COMPANY School Paintings: established at British presidencies of Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, and then later COMPANY School Paintings: established at British presidencies of Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, and then later Delhi COMPANY School Paintings: established at British presidencies of Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, and then later Delhi COMPANY School Paintings: established at British presidencies of Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, and then later Delhi COMPANY School Paintings: established at British presidencies of Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, and then later Delhi British presidencies, map from 19th century Geographic location/provenance: Delhi, India Creator names: Mazhar Ali Shah Work title: Metcalfe Book, Qutb Minar Dates: 1834 Style-period: Company School Geographic location/provenance: Bengal, India Creator names: Zain al-Dn Work title: Impey Album: Crane Dates: c. 1780 Style-period: Company School Unknown, Painting of Spinning, Patna, c.1860. Watercolor on paper. 27 x 31.7 cm. Royal Ontario Museum. Unknown (Murshidabad school, perhaps executed at Patna). Portrait of an official, c.1760-4, Gouache, 26.4 x 22.6 cm. Victoria and Albert Museum.