Mughal Prince & Ladies in a Garden

Illustration

Sikeena Karmali Ahmed
by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 25 November 2024
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A later Mughal painting, as practiced at provincial centers such as Lucknow during the 18th century, where "a less imperial and more leisurely, graceful style" was adopted. This painting depicts a Mughal prince and princess, accompanied by her maidservants smoking a huqqa pipe on the grounds of the palace gardens.

The artist, Nidha Mal, worked at the court of Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah (r. 1719–48) in Delhi but then moved to Lucknow.

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. Mid-18th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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