#mughal — Public Fediverse posts
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See the inspiration for the Taj Mahal: Humayun's Tomb. Our guide covers its stunning Mughal architecture, history, and the best time to visit this peaceful #Delhi landmark. #HumayunTomb #DelhiHistory #Mughal #India Tomb/ https://backpackandsnorkel.com/India/Humayuns-Tomb/
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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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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This c1600 CE hitherto unpublished #MughalArt from the atelier of the #Mughal emperor #Akbar and presently from the collection of Mary & Cheney Cowles was sold by Christie's on April 28, 2026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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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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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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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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'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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Here in #London today.
Listening to William Dalrymple's Empire Podcast: 'Zebras & Zodiacs: #Jahangir & #Mughal Art Revolution'
& Visiting Victoria & Albert #Museum exhibition 'The Great Mughals: #Art Architecture and Opulence' to view this c1620 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting by artist #UstadMansur of a Zebra presented to Jahangir by Mir Jafar who acquired this from the Turkish traders visiting #India#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #History #Paintings #artoftheday #MastoArt #Histodons
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'Mythical Beasts with #Elephants'.
c1610 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting in #NimQalam (Pen Drawing Art style where elements are supplemented by pale colours) from #Mughal ruler #Jahangir's atelier at #Agra now on view at Victoria and Albert #Museum #London exhibition: "The Great #Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence" till 5th May.
#MastoArt #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #History #Histodons #IndianHistory #Paintings #MughalArt #MughalPainting #Museums #Painting #MughalEmpire #India
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An exhibition on the extraordinary creative output of the Golden Age of the #Mughal Court from the reigns of #Akbar #Jahangir & #ShahJahan (1556-1605 AD) is on at Victoria & Albert #Museum #London till May5, 2025
One of the items on display here is this c1600 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting of a 'Portrait of a European' from #Agra #India
#IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #Art #artoftheday #IndianHistory #Heritage #History #Museums #Painting #MughalHistory #MughalArt #MughalEmpire #MastoArt #Histodons
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A Princess with Attendants Picnicking in Open as the #Delhi weather improves
c1750 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh from the Davis Album now at the Metropolitan #Museum of #Art
Theodore Davis was an American lawyer & businessman best known for excavations in Egypt's Valley of the Kings between 1902 & 1913. His collection was bequeathed to #TheMet upon his death in 1913
#IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #IndianHistory #History #Heritage #MastoArt #Histodons #Entertainment
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Courtly Ladies (12) & a Child Gather at a Fountain in a Lush Landscape in this c1770 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Farrukhabad #Awadh #India now at The Metropolitan #Museum of #Art USA
#TheMetA Tree with Ripened #Mango Fruit (the King of Fruits) can be seen on the right
#IndianHeritage #MastoArt #IndianHistory #Histodons #Painting #Heritage #History #ArtHistory #Artist #artoftheday #Paintings #Entertainment #LeisureTime
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#Hindu God Lord #Krishna Dancing before Radha, Female Musicians Standing by
c1780 CE Provincial #Mughal #Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Awadh (?) depicting Vasanta Ragani sold by Bonhams on Oct 23, 2018 for £11,875
#IndianClassicalMusic #IndianHeritage #Art #artoftheday #Hinduism #Heritage #History #ArtHistory #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Histodons #Paintings #Religion #Music #Musicians
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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
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Whew! #Delhi is so hot right now at 45°c
I wish I had the luxury of a swimming pool like these ladies have in this c1780 CE Provincial #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow or #Faizabad #Awadh #India auctioned by Sotheby's on 24th April 2024 for £6350
#IndianHeritage #Artist #Paintings #Art #History #Mughal #MastoArt #Histodons #Heritage #IndianHistory #Painting #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SummerVibeChallenge #HeatWave #SummerTime #NewDelhi
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A Noblewoman Seated on a Terrace Listening to #Music
This c1730 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Delhi is on Bonhams sale of May 21, 2024
This #MughalArt #Painting is originally from an Album put together in #Lucknow #Awadh #India in the 1780s & was in collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (1792-1872) who amassed the largest collection of manuscript material in the 19th century
#Artist #IndianHeritage #Histodons #IndianHistory #History #Heritage #Art #MastoArt #Paintings
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Into the 20th year on this day of my Dad departing to his Heavenly Abode...
My life hasn't been easy ever since.
Dad, I miss you so much.'A Father and Son'
c1770 CE Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from from #Lucknow #Awadh #UttarPradesh #India from the Toby Falk collection sold by Christies Inc on 27th Oct 2023.
#Remembrance #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Paintings #Histodons #History #Heritage #Artist #Art #MastoArt #Painting
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Today is the New Year of the Parsees, the followers of #Zoroastrianism #Religion whose ancestors originally came to #India from #Persia #Iran in the 7th & 8th centuries AD
Here #Mughal Emperor #Jahangir celebrates the #PersianNewYear of #Nowruz in this c1617 CE #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting attributed to #Artist Manohar from the St. Petersburg Album now at the Russian Academy of Sciences
#Art #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Histodons #MastoArt
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Today the #Islamic #Festival of #Ramadan or #Ramzan begins
So, wishing #RamadanKareem or #RamzanMubarak to all those celebrating"Shah Alam the #Mughal ruler at #Delhi with sons at play & giving an audience to Muzaffir Diler Khan & another prince"
c1730 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow or #Faizabad #Awadh #India on Bonhams sale on 20th March 2024 ($15,000)
#Art #Painting #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Artist #Histodons #Muslim #Celebration
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An Amorous Encounter at a Well.
This c1760 CE Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from from #Lucknow or #Faizabad in #Awadh #India will be on Bonhams sale on March 20, 2024, estimate $ 8,000-12,000.
A popular subject in the 18th century probably inspired by the romantic lores of Shahid-Wafa & Mohana Rani-Chel Batao
#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Artist #Histodons #Art #Painting #MastoArt #Paintings #IndianCulture #Romance #Stories #Entertainment
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Women Enjoying the River at a Forest's Edge under a #Mango Tree on #InternationalWomensDay
(Note the #Mangoes in varying stages of ripeness)
c1765 CE Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh or #Murshidabad #Bengal #India in the style of #Artist Hunhar II now at Cleveland #Museum of #Art USA
Happy #WomensDay to all the glorious ladies
#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Artists #Histodons #Art #Paintings #Museums #Entertainment
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A Group of Ladies Approaching a #Yogini (female #Yoga practitioner) at a Shrine in a Forest at Night.
c1750 CE #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting now at Victoria and Albert #Museum #London
From #Murshidabad #Bengal or #Lucknow #Awadh (?).
Lavish use of #Gold pigments by the #Artist for the perfect night lighting!
#IndianHeritage #Art #IndianHistory #Mughal #Paintings #Museums #History #Heritage #Histodons #IndianCulture #Hinduism #Religion #India #Painting #MastoArt
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This #Turkey is forgiven on #Thanksgiving, the western #Harvest festival
This c1612 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting of 'A Turkey' by #Artist Mansur, made for #Mughal ruler #Jahangir & now at Victoria & Albert #Museum #London is a record of arrival of exotic #Birds arriving at #Cambay Port in #Gujarat, #India
It was procured by Jahangir's friend Muqarrab Khan in 1612 from a consignment arriving from #America
#Art #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Birrds #History #Heritage #MastoArt #ArtOfTheDay
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Majnun (or A Wandering Dervish).
c1630 CE #Mughal #Art by Goverdhan, son of artist Bhawani Das & active 1596-1645 in ateliers of #Akbar, #Jahangir & #ShahJahan at #Agra & #AllahabadBorders were added in 1764 by Safavid artist Muhammad Baqir.
Later, this folio formed part of a #Qajar Album but got dispersed at a #Paris sale in 1982.
On Sotheby's sale of 25 Oct 2023 for £60,000-80,000
Inscribed 'We & Majnun were fellow travellers in the pain of madness'
For #Israel & #Palestine war victims.
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A Prince Lulled to Sleep by 'Khayyal' (#IndianClassicalMusic) Musicians
c1720 AD Provincial #Mughal #india from #Lucknow #Awadh sold by Christie's.
At night, supported by a courtesan and followed by female attendants, they walk across a marble terrace, female #Musicians accompanying them under a full moon-lit sky.
#GoodNight everyone.
#Art #IndianHeritage #Paintings #IndianHistory #MastoArt #History #Heritage #MughalArt #Music #Painting
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Today is #Navroz2023 #PersianNewYear an ancient non #Islamic #Festival still celebrated in #Iran with fervor.
As most of the followers of #Zoroastrian #Religion live in #Mumbai #Bombay #India it is also celebrated here with a public #Holiday to enable #Parsees (as they are known here) to celebrate the #Festival
This c1620 AD #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting by Manohar II of #Navroz Darbar of #Mughal Emperor #Jahangir from Cary Welch collection now at #Harvard Library
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Nawab Abdullah Khan Qutab al-Mulk of #Allahabad (now renamed #Prayagraj in #UttarPradesh) Seated with his Lady in a Garden
c1760 AD Provincial #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh from Sir John Soane's Album now at Soane #Museum London
The album, assembled in 1823, contains 37 folios, mostly #Mughal #Paintings
#India #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Art #Painting #Museums #MughalEmpire #BritishInIndia #Heritage #MastoArt #History #FamilyTime #Entertainment #Love #Romance
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Sundays be like.....
'A Lady seated on a Garden Terrace while her Maid Combs her Hair & another plays the Tanpura' #MusicalInstrument widely used in #IndianClassicalMusicc1760 AD Provincial #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh or #Delhi now from the Sir John Soane's Album now at Soane #Museum London.
#India #IndianHeritage #IndianCulture #IndianHistory #History #Art #Paintings #Museums #MastoArt #Heritage #Mughal #Painting #MughalEmpire #SundayFunday
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c1600 AD portrait of musician Ali Khan Karori playing the 'Vina' on #WorldMusicDay #MusicDay
This #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting is by artist Mansur & is now at British #Museum
Karori worked as Chief of Drum-House (Naqra-Khana) under #Mughal ruler #Akbar & was given the title of Naubat Khan by his son #Jahangir in 1607 AD.
Vina is a #MusicalInstrument
#India #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #MastoArt #Museums #Music #History #Heritage #MughalEmpire #IndianClassicalMusic #Paintings
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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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So, it was the Brave #Cat that found the #Snake Lurking in the Palace Garden.
Therefore, the Brave Cat deserves a #Caturday
And, a #Toot too!c1770 AD Provincial #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting by artist Mir Kalan Khan of #Lucknow or #Faizabad #Awadh #UttarPradesh #India now at British Library #London
#MastoArt #Art #IndianMiniaturePaintings #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #MastoCats #Cats #Animals #Heritage #History #MastoCat #Animal #Mughal #Mughals #Painting #Paintings #Reptiles
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#RamzanMubarak #RamadanKarim to those celebrating.
#Ramzan or #Ramadan the holy month in which #Muslims keep daytime fasts.c1730 AD Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh & sold by Christie's for $ 37,000 on 26th May 2016.
'Sultan Ibrahim Adham Visited by Angels' who bring for him 10 dishes of food. The 8th century #Sufi, Adham gave up his kingdom in #Afghanistan to become a #Dervish
#India #Art #IndianHeritage #Paintings #Religion #Islam #IndianHistory #Painting
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'Ladies in a Landscape'having a well deserved blast on #InternationalWomensDay2023 in this c1750 AD Provincial #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Farrukhabad #Awadh #UttarPradesh to be auctioned by Christie's on 22nd March 2023.
Estimated: US$ 15,000-20,000.
#India
#WomensDay #IWD2023 #IndianMiniaturePaintings #IndianCulture #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Mughal #Art #Painting #History #Heritage #Paintings #Mughals #InternationalWomensDay @_L1vY_ -
What a day. 3 back to back #Festival s today.
1. #HoliFestival #Holi #HappyHoli
2. #ShabEBarat #Shab_e_Barat
3. #WomensDay #InternationalWomensDayIn this 1707 AD #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting by Bhavani Das of #Delhi & now at #DavidCollection #Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah on his Throne during an unknown #Celebration
This #Painting once belonged to #EastIndiaCompany #Bengal official Warren Hastings.
#India #IndianMiniaturePaintings #IndianFestival #Religion #Hindu #Hinduism #Islam
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#ShabEBarat The Night of Forgiveness
This is a major #Muslim #Festival in which #Shia #Muslims of #India, #Pakistan, #Iran #Turkey and those of #CentralAsia etc Remember their Ancestors by Visiting their Tombs & Praying.
A Night-long #Celebration is marked by Festivities like in this c1660 AD Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #India sold by Bonhams on 18 March 2018 for US$ 100,000.#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Religion #Islam #Art #Painting #Paintings #IndianFestival
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So, it is #Breakfast time in #India
What do I eat? Eggs? Chicken Ham?
I think neither, cornflakes would do. I'd rather leave these beautiful #Birds alone.This c1605 AD #IndianMiniaturePainting #MughalArt ' Mother & Hen Chicks' is by artist Ustad Mansur & now at British Museum #London
Mansur was an important artist at the #Mughal court of #Akbar & #Jahangir at #Agra #UttarPradesh & #Delhi
This #Painting was made for Jahangir#IndianCulture #IndianHistory #Art #Heritage #History #AnimalRights