Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
Online Public Access Catalog

Mughal prince and mistress

Mughal prince and mistress Mughal prince is seated beneath a canopy dallying with a lady who lies with her head across his lap; refreshments are spread before them and a girl kneels to offer a dish from which the prince has taken a cup of wine; another girl stands on the left with a fan. Angles fly above, two of them holding a balance, the heavier weight of which is provided by the halo of the prince [slides] British Library - London British Library - 1 Slide Col. ill 35mm. - Johnson Collection from British Library .

IGNCA slides collection, cross reference, Indian Miniatures in the India Office Library by Toby Falk and Mildred Archer (London1981) BL-JC 338 (J45) 25,p.159; Oudh, c1770-80; Johnson Album 45, no.25; Charba; mounted on paper; 160 by 93mm; page 210 by 138mm; Note: This drawing relates to a miniature by Mihr Chand (reproduced Mehta (1926), pl.46.), but the composition is more typical of seventeenth-century Mughal painting and would therefore appear to derive from an earlier original


Drinking Oudh(India) 1770-80
Mogul painting(sketch)
Princes

BL-JC / 338 (J45) 25
Implemented & Customized by: BestBookBuddies

Powered by Koha