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  1. An unusual 18th century #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Agra falsely attributed to #Mughal #Artist Dalchand of "Emperor #Jahangir (ruled 1605-1627 CE) with a Peri (Fairy) & a Mallard"

    Now at Indian #Museum #Calcutta (#Kolkata) #Bengal #India

    Dalchand was a #Rajput artist of the #Kishangarh #Rajasthan School of #Art & may have trained at #Lahore before moving to #Delhi in 1707 CE

    #IndianHistory #ArtHistory #artoftheday #IndianHeritage #History #Heritage #Painting #MastoArt #Histodons

  2. So, it rained in #Delhi #NewDelhi again.
    April & May are usually dry months up in the North of #India
    Effects of #ClimaticChange ?

    This Important c1740 AD #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting by #Artist Nidha Mal was sold by Sothebys
    #Mughal emperor #Jahangir's Wife #NurJahan & Mumtaz Begum Smoking a #Huqqa & Admiring #DelhiWeather from the Terrace of a Palace, with #QutubMinar Visible in Distant.

    #Art #IndianHistory #IndianHertitage #MastoArt #Histodons #Paintings #History #Heritage #Hookah

  3. Thunderstorm in #Delhi
    Many of us got caught in the #DelhiRain

    A girl flees to her house during the storm & is received by an older woman in this c1760 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting of Madhu Madhavi #Ragini from a #Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) now at Victoria and Albert #Museum London

    #DelhiRains #Music #Art #IndianHeritage #IndianClassicalMusic #Paintings #Artist #MastoArt #Histodons #IndianHistory #Heritage #History #Painting #Museums #India #Weather #RainyDay #MughalArt

  4. Moon Sighting at the end of #Ramadan   

    "Hilal-i-Eid bar auj-i-falak huwaida shud".
    (The new moon of #Eid has appeared in the sky)
    Standing on ramparts of #RedFort #Delhi these words were uttered by the #Mughal ruler #Jahangir to his wife #NurJahan in c1605 AD

    #EidUlFitr #EidMubarak to everyone.

    This c1800 CE #MughalArt style #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh is now at Ashmolean #Museum UK.

    #IndianHistory #Art #Artist #Histodons #Heritage #History #MastoArt #IndianHertitage

  5. Here's wishing #EidMubarak to all those celebrating today.
    As the month of #Ramadan (#Islamic fasting month) comes to an end, #Muslims worldwide thank the Almighty by offering prayers at Mosques & #Eid celebrations.

    This c1750 CE #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh #India is now at the Smithsonian #Museums, National #Asian #Art #Museum USA

    #IndianHertitage #Artist #Painting #Histodons #MastoArt #IndianHistory #Heritage #Mughal #History #Religion #Islam #Muslim

  6. The Making & Effects of Drugs'.

    c1620 AD #MughalArt from #Lucknow #India sold by Sothebys on 26th April 2023.

    Such subjects on the effects of #Drugs began to appear in #IndianMiniaturePainting in the 17th century, being influenced by Safavid #Persia where painted depictions of inebriated #Dervishes began to appear in the 16th century.

    #Art #IndianHistory #Paintings #IndianHertitage #MastoArt #History #Artist #Heritage #Paintings #Histodons #Mughal #MughalIndia #Sufi #SayNoToDrugs

  7. #SufiThursday

    A Gathering of #Dervishes

    c1600 CE #MughalArt from #Delhi or #Agra from the Ashmolean #Museum (UK) collection now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of #Art (USA) exhibition 'Indian Skies : The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court #Paintings' on till the 9th June 2024.

    #TheMet #Museums #IndianHistory #Mughals #IndianHertitage #MastoArt #IndianMiniaturePainting #Painting #Artist #Histodons #Religion #Islam #Sufi #Dervish #History #Heritage #MughalIndia #Mughal #MughalEmpire

  8. 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

  9. 'A Maiden at her Toilette'.

    c1775 AD Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Golconda #Deccan #India from the Doris Weiner collection sold by Christie's

    This #MughalArt #Painting from a #Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) series depicts 'Ramkali #Ragini #IndianClassicalMusic

    'A Lady runs her hands through her hair while looking into a mirror'.

    #GoodMorning everyone.
    Have a great day.

    @pvonhellermannn #IndianHeritage #Art #MastoArt #IndianHistory #Music #History #Heritage #Paintings

  10. #IndianMiniaturePainting of the Sixth #Sikh Guru Gobind Singh (1575-1644)

    #Guru Gobind Singh Ji is the founder of Akal Takht #GoldenTemple at #Amritsar #Punjab #India
    He was also the first Guru to engage in warfare, taking on the #Mughal rulers of #Delhi

    This c1850 AD #Pahari #Painting from #Kangra #HimachalPradesh was auctioned by Christie's on 25th Oct 2016 for US$ 3500.

    #IndianMiniaturePaintings #Art #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Indian #Religion #Sikhism #Paintings #History #héritage

  11. Happy #Nowruz #Persian #NewYear

    #Nauroz marks the beginning of #Spring & is celebrated by #Zoroastrian people of #India #Iran #Pakistan & #CentralAsia

    Zoroastrians are known as #Parsees
    The old name of Iran i.e. #Persia is derived from this pre-Islamic #Religion of Central Asia

    This c1650 AD #IndianMiniaturePainting #MughalArt #Painting from #Agra is now at Institute of Oriental Studies at St. Petersburg #Russia
    #Art #IndianHeritage #History #IndianCulture #Mughal #SpringTime #Heritage

  12. An outstanding c1645 AD #Deccani #IndianMiniaturePainting with #Mughal influence of Sultan Muhammad Adil Shah of #Bijapur #Deccan #India & his #African Prime Minister Ikhlas Khan

    This #Painting from Howard Hodgkin collection now at Ashmolean Museum #UnitedKingdom is as much a Portrait of a Prized Royal #Elephant as of its Distinguished Riders.

    #AfricansInIndia #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Paintings #IndianMiniaturePaintings #DeccaniSchool of #Art
    #History #Heritage #Animals #IndianCulture