Miniature Paintings from the Mughal Era
MUGHAL ART
A leaf from the richly illustrated rare and unique manuscript Tarikh-iKhandan-i-Timuriyah known for its highly finished excellent miniature paintings by master artists of Akbar's
Court.
This painting depicts the death of
Timur, Hazrat-i-Sahib-i-Qiran.
A leaf from the rare copy of the manuscript
Padshah Namah,
Not dated; apparently 18th century.
The painting depicts Emperor Shah Jahan sitting for the first time on the Peacock
Throne, giving rewards to princess and nobles. A leaf from a richly illustrated manuscript Shah Namah of Firdausi
(Dated A.H.942/AD 1535)
"'UMAR COMES TO LOOK
FOR THE BODY OF MIHRNIGAR. Attributable in part to
Shravana, Mughal India, circa
1560-1574. From the
Hamzanama, gouache heightened with gold on canvas, 'Umar, Hamza's friend, comes to look for the body of Mihr-Nigar, who lies in a coffin within a tented enclosure, various attendants look on, two lines of text above written in black nasta'liq, rubbed, some losses of paint and retouching, mounted, framed and glazed. Folio 29 x
23¾in. (73.7 x 60.3cm.); miniature 25½ x 23½in. (64.2 x 59.7cm.).
"A FOLIO FROM THE
HAMZANAMA. MUGHAL
INDIA, CIRCA 1560-1574.
Gouache on cloth, courtiers attend a figure seated on a throne in a landscape while a horseman rides across the foregound and a young man brings a bowl to a beggar under a tree, flaking, fold marks, areas of repainting, laid down on card with margins composed of seventeenth century gold illuminated manuscript borders with birds among flowers, framed and glazed.
Miniature 21½ x 18½in.
(54.7 x 47cm.)."
Mughal Emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605) holds a religious assembly in the Ibadat Khana (House of Worship) in Fatehpur Sikri; the two men dressed in black are the Jesuit missionaries
Rodolfo Acquaviva and Francisco Henriques illustration to the Akbarnama, miniature painting by Nar Singh, ca. 1605
This painting represents Akbar around 1517 AD.
Note carefully the conjunction of the flower, meaning calm and beauty, and the sword,
A leaf from the richly illustrated rare and unique manuscript Tarikh-iKhandan-i-Timuriyah known for its highly finished excellent miniature paintings by master artists of Akbar's
Court.
This painting depicts the death of
Timur, Hazrat-i-Sahib-i-Qiran.
A leaf from the rare copy of the manuscript
Padshah Namah,
Not dated; apparently 18th century.
The painting depicts Emperor Shah Jahan sitting for the first time on the Peacock
Throne, giving rewards to princess and nobles. A leaf from a richly illustrated manuscript Shah Namah of Firdausi
(Dated A.H.942/AD 1535)
"'UMAR COMES TO LOOK
FOR THE BODY OF MIHRNIGAR. Attributable in part to
Shravana, Mughal India, circa
1560-1574. From the
Hamzanama, gouache heightened with gold on canvas, 'Umar, Hamza's friend, comes to look for the body of Mihr-Nigar, who lies in a coffin within a tented enclosure, various attendants look on, two lines of text above written in black nasta'liq, rubbed, some losses of paint and retouching, mounted, framed and glazed. Folio 29 x
23¾in. (73.7 x 60.3cm.); miniature 25½ x 23½in. (64.2 x 59.7cm.).
"A FOLIO FROM THE
HAMZANAMA. MUGHAL
INDIA, CIRCA 1560-1574.
Gouache on cloth, courtiers attend a figure seated on a throne in a landscape while a horseman rides across the foregound and a young man brings a bowl to a beggar under a tree, flaking, fold marks, areas of repainting, laid down on card with margins composed of seventeenth century gold illuminated manuscript borders with birds among flowers, framed and glazed.
Miniature 21½ x 18½in.
(54.7 x 47cm.)."
Mughal Emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605) holds a religious assembly in the Ibadat Khana (House of Worship) in Fatehpur Sikri; the two men dressed in black are the Jesuit missionaries
Rodolfo Acquaviva and Francisco Henriques illustration to the Akbarnama, miniature painting by Nar Singh, ca. 1605
This painting represents Akbar around 1517 AD.
Note carefully the conjunction of the flower, meaning calm and beauty, and the sword,