ambassadors at the mughal court (c. 1620). the figure in european costume is conjecturally...
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Ambassadors at the Mughal court (c. 1620). The figure in European
costume is conjecturally identified as Sir Thomas Roe, ambassador of
James I to the Mughal court.
From J. M. Rogers, Mughal Miniatures. London: British Museum, 1993 p. 72)
Women drinking wine (mid-17th c.)
From Dr. Daljeet, Mughal and Deccani paintings from the Collection of the National Museum (New Delhi: Prakash Book Depot, 1999. Pp. 73 and 127)
Princesses playing polo (early 18th c.)
Crucifixion, late 16th c. Possibly by Kesu Das, one of Akbar’s finest painters.
Nativity, early 18th c. The British brought gifts to Jehangir, including a Madonna by Albrecht Durer. Mughal court artists were eager to take up new themes for their art.
(J. M. Rogers, Mughal Miniatures, London: British Museum, 1993, p. 68).
(From Dr. Daljeet, Mughal and Deccani Paintings from the Collection of the National Museum, New Delhi: Prakash Book Depot, 1999, p. 83)
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