Fear not, I am here!
c1725 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #HimachalPradesh or #Jammu #India sold by Sothebys on 28th Sept. 2024
#HanumanJanmotsav #HanumanJayanti2025
(Birth Anniversary of #Hindu Monkey-God Lord #Hanuman) is being celebrated today
A Sunday!
And, that time of the week to relax and be with the family
This c1800 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra #HimachalPradesh (#Punjab Hill State) #India of a 'Man Playing Piggy- back with his Child as his Amused Wife Looks Away' is now in the James Ivory collection
In this c1750 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from the #Himalayan #Punjab State of #Mankot #Ramkot (now in #Jammu #India) now at Government #Museum, #Chandigarh) a Nobleman checks out the #TrumpTariffs rollouts on the #LiberationDay (or Aberration Day?)
Happy #AprilFoolsDay to all those celebrating today with this c1800 CE humourous #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Bundi #Rajasthan #India of an #European Dandy wearing a curiously stylised hat with feathers & tassels, a blue waistcoat over his transparent white Jama and, holding a #Falcon & a long Sword in his hands!!!
Auctioned by Sotheby's on March 20th, 2025
#Hindu Goddess #Durga fights the Bull Demon #Mahishasura as #Mahishasuramardini in this c1750 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Guler #HimachalPradesh (#Nainsukh #artist family)
#DurgaPuja #Navratri #ChaitraNavratri #HinduNewYear
Navratri ushers in the New Hindu Lunar New Year and the beginning of the year 2082 (also known as Vikram Samvat)
'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!
Now at British Library, London 'Two Men looking at the Stars through a Telescope' for #SunitaWilliamsReturn in this 19th century #IndianMiniaturePainting from a Sanskrit manuscript 'Crest Jewel of the Essence of Systems of Astronomy' written by Durgashankara of #Benares #Varanasi #India
A good-natured pandemonium breaks loose in the Zenana during the festival of #Holi, the #Hindu Festival of Colours
A princess stands watching behind the crowd, identifiable by her red Halo
(I too would be doing the disappearing act!)
c1800 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Rajasthan, #India (Property of Cleveland #Museum of #Art) sold by Sothebys (March 15, 2017)
'The lightning is restless as it flashes in the turbulent clouds.
The peacocks announce the mating of earth & sky with their shrill cries.
All lovers meet in the month of Shravana- so then why forsake me my love?'
So goes the footnote to this c1820 #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra #HimachalPradesh #India on Bonhams auction of 20 March 2025
'Three Wondrous Birds'
This c1620 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Bijapur or #Golconda #Deccan #India attributed to #Artist Isma'il is in the Sothebys sale of March 29, est. £50,000-70,000
Possibly an illustration to Anvar-i-Suhayli (translation of the #Sanskrit book of Fables 'Panchtantra') also known as Kalilah wa-Dimnah (The Lights of the Canopus) written in #Persian by Husayn Va'iz al-Kashivi in 15th century
Agony of a Dejected Lover
( #Hindu God Lord #Krishna)
c1780 #Pahari folio from Gita Govinda attributed to a 1st Generation Master after #Artist #Nainsukh from #Kangra or #Guler #HimachalPradesh #India on Sothebys upcoming sale on 20th March 2025
Estimate £300,000-500,000
Composition based on #Raga Gujjari #Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)
An #IndianMiniaturePainting so beautiful that it is someone's screen saver!
(It IS the famous #ArtHistory specialist William Dalrymple's)
#Hindu God Lord #Shiva tests His Archery Skills while riding the Nandi Bull
This astounding c1825 AD #Pahari #Painting from #Guler or #Chamba #HimachalPradesh #India is now at Indian #Museum #Kolkata
#IndianHeritage #Art #IndianHistory #Religion #Hinduism #Himalayas #History #MastoArt #Histodons #Heritage #IndianMythology #Punjab Hill State #ArtOfTheDay
The Manifestation of Sadashiva
c1820 #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra now at Bhuri Singh Museum #Chamba #HimachalPradesh
The inscriptions identify the Heads of #Hindu Lord #Shiva as (l to r): Ishana, Tattvapurush, Sadyojata, Anghora & Vamadev of which Vamadev is more widely known worldwide as associated with Kama Sutra
Today is #Shivratri, His Wedding with Parvati
A Monochrome Wash Highlighted #IndianMiniaturePainting with Gold & Touches of Body Colour, known as #NimQalam style (Half-pen), of '#Mughal ruler #Akbar on a Hunting Trip' in this c1600 #Painting from #Agra #India & now at Victoria & Albert #Museum London and unfortunately, not on view at their exhibition 'The Great Mughals...'
#MughalEAzam
#Caturday and the #Cats are back
A c1770 AD #IndianMiniaturePainting of a woman chasing a #Cat who is trying to run away with her stolen parrot
From #Chamba #HimachalPradesh #India this #Painting is now in the collection of Victoria and Albert #Museum London
#HappyValentinesDay #HappyValentines
Two Lovers meet in this c1800 CE #Rajput #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Jaipur #Rajasthan from the #EdwinBinney collection now housed at San Diego Museum of Art, USA
Lord #Krishna in Combat with Lord Indra
c1590 #IndianMiniaturePainting from the atelier of #Mughal ruler #Akbar now on display at Victoria and Albert #Museum exhibition: "The Great #Mughals: Arts Architecture & Opulence" till 5th May 2025
Inspired by European #Art, this painting of a dramatic combat is from a dispersed 'Harivamsa'
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
'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.
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
