HA227: Indian Painting

7 October 2002

Painting from Mewar (cont'd), Kota, Kishangarh, and Bikaner

 

1a:  Sahibdin, Maid Describes Beauty of Her Mistress to Krishna, Rasikapriya,

       Mewar, 1630-40

1b:  Balchand, Lovers on a Terrace (Shah Shuja and Wife), Mughal, 1633

 

2a:  Govardahan (?), Group of Dancing Girls sent to Entice the Youthful Ascetic
       Rishyashringa, Ramayana, Mughal (Akbar period),  ca.1590

2b:   School of Sahibdin, detail from the Ayodhyakandha, the 2nd book of the    
       
Ramayana, Mewar, ca. 1640s

 

3a: Sahibdin, The Story of King Sagara, Bhagavata Purana, 1648

3b: detail, sage and widow*

 

4a: detail, Sagara's captives*

4b: detail, sacrificial horse*

 

5a: Rana's Lake Pavilion, Udaipur, Rajasthan, mid-18th c.

5b: Lake Pavilion, detail

 

6a: View of Amber fort, Jaipur, Rajasthan, ca. 17th –18th c.

6b: Amber Fort, Diwan-I-Am, 1623-7

 

7a:  Amber Fort, Ganesh Pol, 1699-1725

7b:  Ganesh Pol, detail

 

8a: Ganesh Pol, Niche

8b: Mandir (temple), detail of white marble carving with floral designs

 

9a: Palace view, Udaipur, Rajasthan, 1567-1870

9b: View along palace façade, 1614-28

 

10a: Detail, Mor Chowk

10b: Chatur Chowk, detail with images of Europeans

 

11a: View, Mor Chowk

11b: Painting of elephant at entrance to royal apartments

 

12a: Beheaded soldier, Kota, Rajasthan, 18th c.

12b: detail

 

13a: Raja Durjansal of Kota Hunting, Kota, Rajasthan, 1778

13b: Ladies Shooting Lions, Kota, 1840

 

 

14a:  Krishna and Radha beside a Lake at Sunset, Kota, 1750

14b: Krishna, Radha and Maids on a Terrace, Kishangar, Rajasthan, 1775

 

 

15a: Raja Zorawar Singh Hawking, Bikaner, Rajasthan, 1740

15b: Vishnu and Lakshmi, Bikaner, late 17th century