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Sultan Abdullah Qutb Shah

c 1660 #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Golconda #Deccan from the coln. of Mary & Cheney Cowles sold by Christies for £292,100.

In 1636, #ShahJahan invaded Deccan & forced upon the Sultan the 'Deed of Submission' which included an increase in Tribute & replacement of #Shia with #Suni #Religion.
This led the local #Artists to incorporate #Mughal styles in their #Paintings as seen in this case.

#ArtHistory #IndianHistory #Art #IndianHeritage #History #Histodons #MastoArt

This striking & absorptive c1600 ce #IndianMiniaturePainting is one of the few 16-17th century #Mughal examples of 'The Virgin Mary Standing in a Prayer'.

From the Mary & Cheney Cowles collection, this painting fetched £152,400 at the Christies Inc. auction on the 28th April, 2026.

#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Art #History #Heritage #Religion #Christanity #Histodons #MastoArt #Painting #MughalArt #MughalEmpire

'The Great Snake Advanced / Akbar Emerged Victorious'

An illustration from the first #Akbarnama

This c1590 CE painting of the #Mughal ruler #Akbar subduing a Cobra was auctioned by Christie's on 28th April, 2026 for £107,950.

#IndianMiniaturePainting #arthistory #art #IndianHeritage #History #Heritage #IndianHistory #MughalArt #Paintings #Snake #Reptiles #Histodons #MastoArt

Not #Zhongnanhai Garden but in this c1650 ca #Mughal painting 'A Prince Seated on a Rock in a Garden, Reading a Book, is Approached by a Holy Man'

From the collection of the 14th Duke of Fragnito on the Bonhams sale of May 21.

Estimated: £30,000-50,000.

#IndianHeritage #Art #History #IndianMiniaturePainting #ArtHistory #IndianHistory #Painting #MughalArt #MastoArt #Histodons #Heritage

'The Angel Raphael Greeting Tobias'.

This c1600 CE hitherto unpublished #MughalArt from the atelier of the #Mughal emperor #Akbar and presently from the collection of Mary & Cheney Cowles was sold by Christie's on April 28, 2026 (yesterday) for £254,000 against an estimated £50,000.

#IndianMiniaturePainting #IndianHeritage #Art #Painting #ArtHistory #Heritage #IndianHistory #ArtOfTheDay #History #Histodons #MastoArt

In case the #Ceasefire agreement between #USA & #Iran at #Islamabad fails tomorrow, an 'Archer Inspects his Arrow' to prepare him for the next step in this c1610 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from the Mary & Cheney Coles collection to be sold by Christies Inc. on April 28, 2026

#TrumpsWars #IndianHeritage #History #Heritage #ArtHistory #Art #Painting #IndianHistory #India #artoftheday #MastoArt #Histodons #IranWar

A Courtier Reads the #Ceasefire agreement between #USA #Israel & #Iran in this 1608 AD #IndianMiniaturePainting ascribed to the #Mughal #Artist #Manohar from the Mary & Cheney Coles collection to be auctioned by Christie's on April 28,2026 (estimate £80,000-120,000)

#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #History #Art #IndianHistory #Paintings #MughalArt #Heritage #ArtOfTheDay #Painting #MastoArt #Histodons

An illustration to the #Ramayana

'The Miraculous Birth of Lord #Rama and His Brothers'

c1830 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Jammu from the Zimmerman family collection sold by Sotheby's on 24th March, 2026

#Ramnavami

#IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #Heritage #Art #Painting #Religion #Hinduism #IndianHistory #IndianMythology #MastoArt #Histodons

c1715 AD unpublished #IndianMiniaturePainting of the #Mughal ruler #Farrukhsiyar, (r.1713-19) by #Artist Kalyan Das (#Chitarman II ) is on Sotheby's sale today, March 24, 2026 (est. £8000-12,000).

This rare #Painting by Chitarman, mostly associated with Farrukhsiyar, represents an important bridge between classical 17th cent. Mughal painting traditions & evolving 18th cent. painting styles.

#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Art #History #Heritage #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Histodons

c1770 AD #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Nurpur #HimachalPradesh now on display at Nehru Gallery (Room no. 41) of Victoria and Albert Museum, London of 'Lord #Krishna & Radha Celebrating the #Holi Festival, Throwing Colors at one another'

#HappyHoli to all those celebrating Holi.

#FestivalOfColors #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #Painting #IndianMythology #History #Heritage #IndianHistory #Religion #Hinduism #Festival #HoliCelebration #MastoArt #Histodons

'Battle of the Kites'

c1760 CE exceptional #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting (style of Muhammad Faqirullah Khan) from #Farrukhabad #India from the personal collection of Prince & Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan sold by Christie's on Oct 28, 2025 for £165,100

#MakarSankranti

#IndianHeritage #History #ArtHistory #Paintings #Art #Heritage #IndianHistory #Festival #Entertainment #KiteFestival #artoftheday #Histodons #MastoArt

This 1876 CE #Painting by the Russian artist Vasily Vasilyevich Vereschagin of the Pearl Mosque (#MotiMasjid) at #RedFort #Delhi #India (built in 1663 CE by the #Mughal ruler #Aurangzeb) was de-accessioned by #Museun of Fine Arts, Boston & sold by Sothebys in 2011 for $3.1 Million

#EidMubarak #EidUlFitr #happyeidmubarak #eidulfitr2025

#IndianHistory #ArtHistory #History #IndianHeritage #Heritage #Art #artoftheday #MastoArt #Art #Histodons #Artist #Paintings

A Walk in the Rain

As #Delhi records the wettest August in 13 years, Prince Amar Singh of #Udaipur #Mewar takes a walk in this c1690 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from #RajNagar #Rajasthan now at Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art USA

#Art #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Painting #artoftheday #ArtHistory #Museum #Heritage #History #Histodons #climatechange #climatecrisis #Paintings #Museums #NewDelhi #India #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #DelhiRains #MonsoonSeason

Commissioned by Nawab Asaf al-Daula of #Awadh as a part of a famine relief project in 1784 CE, the Bara Imambara at #Lucknow #India is an important place of celebration by #Shia #Muslims during #Muharram

This c1800 CE #CompanyPainting of the Complex is now at The Metropolitan #Museum of #Art, New York #TheMet

Martyrdom of #imamhussain at #karbala

#MastoArt #Histodons #artoftheday #IndianHeritage #Painting #ArtHistory #Artist #Heritage #History #Paintings #IndianHistory #Religion #Islam

#FoolsDay

From the Doris Wiener Collection sold by Christies Inc on 20th March 2012 for US$ 80,500.

#Fools : Europeans Seated on a Carpet.

c1760 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Mewar #Rajasthan #India

Happy #AprilFoolsDay to all those celebrating today.

#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Artist #Histodons #Art #Paintings #MastoArt #Entertainment #AprilFoolsDay #AprilFools

#Hindu God Lord #Rama & His Brother Lakshman at rest as the Armies of Monkeys & Bears guard them

An illustration from a #Ramayana

All this in just 32 x 38 centimetres!

c1780 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting, possibly from #Udaipur in the #Mewar region of #Rajasthan #India from the Toby Falk collection sold by Christies on 27th Oct for £35,280

#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Artist #Histodons #Art #MastoArt #Paintings #IndianMythology #Religion #Hinduism #Painting

In Celebration of Elephants

This remarkable c1705 CE #Rajput #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Mewar, #Rajasthan depicts extraordinary celebration of Wild #Elephants in their #NaturalHabitat, with no humans to be seen

From Toby Falk collection sold by Christies for £103,320.
Verso inscribed Maharana Sangram Singh II (ruled 1690 to 1734 CE) with inventory number & valued at 50 (?) Rupees (50 pence at today's exchange rate)

#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Artist #Histodons #Art #History #Heritage

A Royal Hunting Party

This extraordinary c1705 CE painting from #Udaipur #Rajasthan is about as close to the style of #MughalArt #Paintings as the #Artists of #Mewar ever worked.

Such hunting scenes were a popular subject at the #Mughal courts for a considerable time.

From Toby Falk coll sold by Christies for £441,000

#IndianMiniaturePainting #Art #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Histodons #MastoArt #Artist

Let's go fly a #Kite on #MakarSankranti (today) also known as #Uttarayan when the Sun transits from the #Zodiac of #Sagittarius to #Capricorn marking the end of winters

Flying kites is a part of celebrations as Lord #Krishna does in this c1775 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Datia now at #Asian #Art #Museum (#Smithsonian)

What fascinates me more is the fact that ancient Indians #Hindu had immense knowledge of #Astronomy

#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Hinduism #Painting #Heritage #History

A lively study of an unruly elephant by a c1720-30 CE #Kota, #Rajasthan artist who has skillfully captured the energy, movement & the playful power of a rambunctious young #Elephant.

From the Edith & Cary Welch collection sold by Sotheby's on Oct 25.

This distinctive style is typical of 17-18th century artists of the Kota atelier.

#IndianMiniaturePainting #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Heritage #History #Animals #Painting #Rajasthani #Art #Rajput #Paintings

c1710 CE #Rajput #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Udaipur #Mewar #Rajasthan of the #Mughal ruler Shah Alam Bahadur, also known as Bahadur Shah 1, (who ruled from #Delhi during 1707-12) with four of his sons, sold by Sotheby's in June 2021 for £60,000.

A soldier to the core, he spent only FOUR days in palaces, rest in tents, fighting!

Now, that is something for the ruler of #India

#IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #Painting #History #Heritage #Paintings #MastoArt #MughalEmpire #Mughals

This c1708 CE Equestrian #Rajput #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Udaipur, #Mewar, #Rajasthan, #India of Maharana Amar Singh II was sold by Sotheby's on 25th Oct 2023 for £25,400.

Attributed to the 'Stipple Master' who used a European influenced form of 'Grisaille' or, 'painted drawing', a style of #Painting which leaves the buff-background uncoloured.

#IndianHeritage #Art #IndianHistory #Heritage #Paintings #History #MastoArt #ArtOfTheDay #Animals #Horse #Sports

Since it is #Caturday today....
#CatLovers #CatsOfMastodon

'A Woman Restrains her #Cat from Attacking her pet Parrot'.

c1760 CE #Rajput #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Bundi or Uniara, #Rajasthan, #India on the forthcoming Sotheby's sale of 25th October 2023.

#IndianHeritage #Paintings #Cats #Animals #Art #IndianHistory #History #Paintings #Heritage #CatLover #Rajasthani #Painting #ArtOfTheDay

Maharana Sajjan Singh of #Udaipur #Rajasthan on a beautifully caparisoned #Elephant in his palace garden.

This c1880 AD #Rajput #IndianMiniaturePainting comes from an illustrated manuscript (Shadritu) & is closely related to Vasant, season of spring.
Sold by Christie's on 22nd May 2019 for £13,750.

At the age of 16, Sajjan Singh became the ruler of #Mewar, dying 10 years later in 1884 due to excessive drinking (liver cirrhosis).

#Art #Paintings #IndianHeritage #India #IndianHistory #History

WE HAVE DONE IT !!!!

#India becomes the 4th Nation to reach the #Moon & 1st to be on its South Pole!

Just a few minutes ago our #Spacecraft #Chandrayaan3 made a successful soft #MoonLanding
Congrats #ISRO & #Chandrayaan team.

From c1700 Book of Dreams (we don't just dream now!) this #Rajput #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Udaipur #Mewar #Rajasthan now at Los Angeles County #Museum of 'Moon-God #Chandra in His Antelope Chariot'

#Art #IndianHeritage #IndianMythology #Hinduism
@pvonhellermannn

A rare & early #Rajput painting from #Bundi #Rajasthan now at Metropolitan #Museum of #Art (The MET) USA.

This c1680 AD #Rajasthani #IndianMiniaturePainting of a #Nayika 'Bathing & Ornamenting herself before her meeting with her Lover' is from a #Ragamala series (Garland of Melodies) titled 'Vilaval Ragini'.

#IndianHeritage #IndianClassicalMusic #Heritage #History #Paintings #Museums #IndianHistory #Heritage #Music

#GoodMorning @pvonhellermannn and everyone else.
Have a great day ahead.

What centuries-old Indian Court #Paintings tell us about #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

This 1893 AD #Rajput #IndianMiniaturePainting by Shivalal now at City Palace #Museum at #Udaipur #Rajasthan #India shows the 'Hunting Party of Maharana Fateh Singh of #Mewar Crossing a Flooded River'.
The remnants of a submerged bridge can be seen.

This #Painting was on view at the #Smithsonian #Museums (USA) exhibition #MonsoonMood which ended on 14th August 2023.

#Art #IndianHeritage #History #Heritage

#InternationalTigerDay #TigerDay

c1820 AD #CompanyPainting made for Lady Flora wife of #EastIndiaCompany Governor General Francis Rawdon the Marquess of #Hastings in #Calcutta #kolkata by an artist from #Bengal #india on view at British Library current exhibition 'Animals: #Art Science and Sound'.

#animals #tiger #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #history #heritage #mastoart #BritishInIndia #BritishLibrary #museums #paintings #museum #painting

'A Lady at her Toilette'.

c1800 AD #Rajput #Rajasthani #IndianMiniaturePainting from #jodhpur #Mewar #rajasthan #India and now at Berndt #Museum of Anthropology (University of Western Australia).

Good morning @pvonhellermannn and everyone.
Have a great day ahead.

#IndianHeritage #art #IndianHistory #painting #IndianCulture #heritage #history #mastoart #museums #australia

A Prince with a #Falcon
c1800 AD #Rajput #Rajasthani #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kishangarh #Rajasthan #India & now at Kapoor Galleries USA

This #Painting may have been commissioned by a Nobleman to demonstrate status as the inclusion of the Falcon #Bird makes reference to the archetypal prince's skill in #hunting.

#IndianCulture #IndianHeritage #Art #IndianHistory #History #BirdsOfIndia #BirdsOfPrey #Birds #Heritage #Paintings #MastoArt

@pvonhellermannn @Jyoti @anirvan

A Romantic Tryst at Night!
'Lord #Krishna Meeting His Beloved at Night'
An illustration from the Rasikapriya of Keshav Das.
Dated 1694 AD, this #Rajput #IndianMiniaturePainting is by artist Nuruddin of #Bikaner #Rajasthan #India
From the collection of Ludwig Habighorst sold by Christie's on Oct 27, 2022 for £44,100.

#Art #IndianHeritage #Religion #Hinduism #Hindu #Painting #IndianCulture #IndianMythology #Paintings #MastoArt #IndianReligions #History #Heritage #Mythology #Rajasthani #Culture

You see, that Star up there, that is my Father!

Deeply remembering my father on this #fathersday today with this lovely c1780 AD #Rajput #Rajasthani #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kishangarh #Rajasthan #India now at #Harvard #Art #Museum

'Radha & #Krishna on a Terrace'.

#MastoArt #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Museums #Paintings #IndianCulture #Religion #Hinduism #Hindu #Painting #Celebration #RememberanceDay #IndianReligion #IndianMiniaturePaintings #IndianMythology

@pvonhellermannn

'A Woman stands under a #Mango Tree'.
From a c1751 AD #Rajput #Rajasthani #Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) #IndianMiniaturePainting from Pratapgarh#Rajasthan from the #EdwinBinney collection now at #SanDiego #Museum of #Art
This is 'Kaiseri' #Ragini & incidentally 'Kaiseri 'is a popular variety of a Mango too, very sweet & juicy fruit, not my favourite though!

#IndianClassicalMusic #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Art #MastoArt #IndianCulture #Museums #Paintings #Fruit #Painting #Music #India

Maharaja Ari Singh of #Udaipur #Mewar #Rajasthan Hunting in this 1763 AD dated #Rajput #Rajasthani #IndianMiniaturePainting for auction by Christie's on 22nd March 2023.
Estimate: US$ 25,000-35,000.

Ari Singh was responsible for explosion of #Painting activity to a point where he could no longer pay the artists, forcing many of them to leave for other professions.

#India #IndianMiniaturePaintings #Art #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Paintings #History #Heritage #IndianCulture #Animals

'Two Women Conversing at a Window'.
(Possibly discussing & admiring my #Toots & #Tweets).

c1775 AD #Rajput #Rajasthani #Painting from #Jaipur #Rajasthan now at Harvard #Art Museums USA.

This #Mughal style painting was gifted to the #Museum by John Kenneth Galbraith the Canadian American Economist and a former US Ambassador to #India

#IndianHeritage #IndianCulture #IndianHistory #Paintings #IndianMiniaturePaintings #Heritage #History #MastodonArt #MastodonIndia #Mastodon #Tootfic