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Govardhan, Emperor Jahangir visiting the ascetic Jadrup, c. 1616–1620 [1]. Mughal painting is a South Asian style of painting on paper made in to miniatures either as book illustrations or as single works to be kept in albums (), originating from the territory of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent.
The latter was the inspiration for his late-career Mughal drawings, which marked a significant departure from his usual style and subjects. [4] [5] In 1656, following Rembrandt's bankruptcy, an inventory of his possessions showed that he owned an album of "curious miniature drawings", which are believed to be Indian Mughal miniatures.
The Mughal art style was born in the hands of Akbar, whose liberalism led to the unification of Hindu and Islamic elements of art. His court saw the translations of Persian and Sanskrit texts, and illustrations of the same were carried on simultaneously. [28] Miniatures produced during Jahangir's time testify to his sensitive eye for beauty.
Portrait of an old man, a presumed self-portrait (detail). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Farrukh Beg (Persian: فرخ بیگ; c. 1547 – after 1615), also known as Farrukh Husayn, was a Persian miniature painter, who spent a bulk of his career in Safavid Iran and Mughal India, praised by Mughal Emperor Jahangir as "unrivaled in the age."
Barbad Plays for Khusraw, Khamsa of Nizami, British Library, Oriental 2265, 1539–43, inscribed Mirza Ali at bottom left. 'Abd al-Ṣamad or Khwaja 'Abd-us-Ṣamad was a 16th century painter of Persian miniatures who moved to India and became one of the founding masters of the Mughal miniature tradition, and later the holder of a number of senior administrative roles.
Self-portrait by Mir Sayyid Ali, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1550 Mir Sayyid Ali (Persian: میرسید علی, Tabriz, 1510 – 1572) was a Persian miniature painter who was a leading artist of Persian miniatures before working under the Mughal dynasty in India, where he became one of the artists responsible for developing the style of Mughal painting, under Emperor Akbar.
Notable works of miniature painting are: [10] The Birth of the Prince, which captures the spirit of a significant event and depicts both Persian and Indian influence; From the Mughal school, showing European influence is Madonna with Child, from the 16th century; An important painting from the Mughal school of the 17th century is Prince with a ...
There are two identifiable self-portraits, both made at the emperor's request, as well as portraits of other artist colleagues, and some of his most significant miniatures contain tiny signatures hidden among the detail of the painting, for example on the girdle of a soldier in one Baburnama miniature. One signature reads "Muhammad Daulat, son ...