#mughal — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mughal, aggregated by home.social.
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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
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Aurangzeb's akhbarat: The empire that ran on news reports - and what they reveal about Mughal India
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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
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'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
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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
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'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This c1600 CE hitherto unpublished #MughalArt from the atelier of the #Mughal emperor #Akbar and presently from the collection of Mary & Cheney Cowles was sold by Christie's on April 28, 2026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
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Bandeja guyaratí del c. 1600 con incrustaciones de nácar sobre laca negra con imágenes de aves y ángeles que muestran una influencia persa safávida (1501-1736), europea y del resto de la India. Este tipo de obras cubiertas de nácar solían fabricarse en Ahmedabad, Khambhat, Surat y Thattha. 📷Bonhams #mogol #mughal
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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
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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
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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
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'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
#IndianHeritage #History #ArtHistory #Paintings #Art #Heritage #IndianHistory #Festival #Entertainment #KiteFestival #artoftheday #Histodons #MastoArt
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Sha Jahan I (1628-1658) introdujo el Mahi Maratib ("pez de rango"), la insignia más importante del Imperio mogol, representada por un estandarte de un pez, normalmente un goonch (Bagarius yarreli). Pudo ser un emblema transmitido desde la dinastía timúrida a través del sultanato de Delhi.🏛️Museo de Arte de Worcester #mughal #mogol
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This c1750 CE #MughalArt from #Agra #India now at British Library (London) depicts a scene from the Nativity
The Virgin Mary is seen holding the infant #Jesus in a #Christian theme blending with the local Indian styles of the #Mughal grandeur
#MerryChristmas to all those celebrating today
#IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #History #IndianMiniaturePainting #IndianHistory #artoftheday #Heritage #Art #Painting #MastoArt #Histodons #Religion #Christanity #Celebration #JesusChrist
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A Family of Cheetahs in a Rocky Landscape'
This c1575 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting attributed to Basawan, a favourite #Artist of emperor #Akbar at #Agra from the collection of Prince & Princess Sarudin Aga Khan was sold by Christies on October 28 for a mind-blowing £10,245,000!
This evocative & highly expressed naturalism is a breathtaking #Painting & one of the most outstanding & unforgettable early #MughalArt
#ArtHistory #MastoArt #Histodons #IndianHeritage #History #IndianHistory
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Los élitros de los escarabajos joya (Buprestidae) fueron usados durante el Imperio mogol para acompañar los bordados de oro de los coloridos trajes de seda o algodón. Cuando la India se convirtió en una colonia británica, se usaron los élitros enteros, a pesar de que podían romperse con el uso, en trajes blancos, siguiendo las modas de la época y con diseños cada vez más estandarizados. 🏛️Instituto de Vestuario de Kioto #moda #fashion #mughal #mogol
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Mythical Beasts with a Herd of #Elephants
This c1610 AD coloured-wash line drawing (#NimQalam) #IndianMiniaturePainting from the atelier of the #Mughal ruler #Akbar was bought by Victoria and Albert Museum, London in 1914 from Dr. A K Coomaraswamy for £50
Last viewed at 'The Great Mughals: #Art Architecture and Opulence' exhibition
#IndianHeritage #Painting #Heritage #History #MughalEmpire #IndianHistory #elephant #Animals #artoftheday #Histodons #MastoArt #Paintings
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A splendid c1618 AD #IndianMiniaturePainting of Gujarati minor Rulers Rao Bharah & Jassa Ram now at Victoria and Albert #Museum London
When #Jahangirnama (Memoirs of the Mughal ruler #Jahangir) was being made, the #Mughal court was in #Ahmedabad giving #Artist #Bishandas the only opportunity (this was the only time he travelled outside his province) to study these two minor Rulers of #Gujarat!
#IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #History #Heritage #ArtOfTheDay #Art #Histodons #MastoArt #Paintings
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So, what we saw was that the recent #IndiaPakistanConflict was mainly intense during the nights
Which brings me to this c1750 AD Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Awadh #India on the forthcoming Bonhams sale of 22nd May, 2025
'A Prince Defending a Maiden and a group of terrified Sadhus from a group of Hunters, perhaps Bhils, who approach a hermitage at night'
#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #IndianHistory #Painting #History #Heritage #ArtOfTheDay #MastoArt #Histodons
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The Crucifixion of #JesusChrist
This c1590 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from the 'Small Clive Album' associated with Robert Clive, the 1st Baron of Plassey (1725-1774) was made for the #Mughal ruler #Jahangir while he was still a Prince living at #Lahore
This fabulous & high quality #Painting is now in the collection of Victoria and Albert #Museum London
#Art #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #Heritage #History #artoftheday #MastoArt #Histodons #MughalArt
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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
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'A Prince Drinks Water Drawn from a Well by Village Maidens'
On #WorldWaterDay (March 22)c1770 CE Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh sold by Sothebys on March 20 for $ 9525
Another good news as summers approach: #Mangoes on the tree are almost ripe for harvesting!
#IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #Art #History #Heritage #WaterDay #Mango #Entertainment #IndianHistory #MughalArt #Painting #SummerVibes #SummerTime #ArtOfTheDay #Histodons #MastoArt
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A Portuguese Gentleman holds a Wine-cup on #InternationalTeaDay today in this c1600 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from North #India now at #Museum of Fine #Arts Boston, USA
Inscribed in #Persian 'He who has in his Hand a Cup has Eternal Power over Jamshid / the Water, from which Khizr found Life, sSeek it in the Tavern, where the Cup is'
#TeaDay #IndianHeritage #Art #Artist #History #Heritage #MastoArt #Paintings #MughalArt #IndianHistory #Histodons #Painting #Museums #ArtOfTheDay
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It is so hot in #Delhi right now. The temperature is at 45°c, real feel being 50°c.
I am missing being out in the open like these 'Women in a Garden' #MughalArt
c1775 AD Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow or #Faizabad #Awadh or #Murshidabad #Bengal sold by Sotheby's.
#India #DelhiHeatWave #NewDelhi #MastoArt #IndianHertitage #Art #Paintings #IndianHistory #Heritage #IndianMiniaturePaintings #History #HeatWave #Weather #Entertainment #Mughals #MughalEmpire #DelhiNCR
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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
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'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
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Aurangzeb: The Man and The Myth is now available as an audiobook! https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Audrey_Trushcke_Aurangzeb_The_Man_and_the_Myth?id=AQAAAEAsTWcNWM&hl=en #Aurangzeb #audiobook #Mughal #history
