Time hasn't been kind to that artistic accomplishment. Of the tens of thousands of pages of exquisite calligraphy and illumination produced under Akbar, perhaps only 5 percent still exist, thanks to ...

Artists' signatures in miniatures of the Mughal school -- The Tulip (ca 1621) : a study by Mansur -- Problem of namesakes and their identity : Farrukh, Farrukh Kalan, Farrukh Khwurd, Farrukh Chela and ...

"The present work is based on an extensive and critical study of the original Mughal paintings supported by contemporary historical literature and provides fresh perspective for the interpretation and ...

Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (r. 1719–48) holding a falcon, 1764. Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s). Mughal, probably Lucknow. Opaque watercolor with gold on ...

Mir Sayyid Ali painted this tiny — but hugely celebrated — Mughal work at the court of Emperor Akbar I For more than 10 years, Trong Gia Nguyen, an artist in Brooklyn, has been writing every word of ...

If the Cleveland Museum of Art’s newest centennial exhibition doesn’t resonate with viewers, it won’t be because Sonya Rhie Quintanilla didn’t give it everything she had. Along with leading the charge ...

A circa 1575–80 painting attributed to Basawan, one of the leading painters of the Mughal court, set a new world record for a classical Indian or Islamic painting on Tuesday at Christie’s London, ...

New Delhi: When veteran archaeologist KK Muhammed was on a hunt for Akbar’s Ibadat Khana in Fatehpur Sikri, a 500-year-old Mughal painting came to his rescue. A piece of art became a tool for looking ...

The Persian connection with India runs deep. From offering refuge to communities that arrived on Indian shores to supplying ...