Room 27

Indische Malerei 1750–1770

1750–1770, Indien, Mogul- und Pahari-Malerei

Buchmalerei und Albumblätter aus Indien aus den Jahren 1750 bis 1770. Zu sehen sind unter anderem Werke von Sahib Ram, Mir Kalan Khan, Muhammad Rizavi Hindi und Fattu. An den Höfen der Moguln, der Rajputen und im Himalaya-Vorland entsteht eine Malerei voller Farbe und Gold – für Bücher, Alben und Geschichten.

All works

• A heroine waiting for her lover: Vasakasajja Nayika, from the "Nurpur" Rasikapriya
• Still Life: Bouquet of Flowers Emerging from the Grass
• Shvetambara Jain Teacher Giving Instruction
• Portrait of a Prince with a Ruby
• A Couple on a Terrace Surrounded by Attendants and Musicians
• Todi Ragini, from a Ragamala Series
• Shiva Seated on a Throne in a Landscape
• Pradyumna and Samvara fight with maces, from the "Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana"
• Brahma Hides the Cowherds and the Calves in the Cave, page from a Bhagavata Purana
• Lovers Embracing (Malkaus Raga)
• Royal Women Celebrating Diwali
• Akrura and Kritavarma flee Dvaraka, page from the "Large Basohli" Bhagavata Purana
• Vishnu Battles Madhu and Kaitabha, from a Markandeya Purana
• Radha and Krishna seated on a balcony
• King Bana in his court, from an Usha-Aniruddha
• Devagandhara Ragini: An Ascetic in Retreat, from the Ragamala Series
• Kanhara Ragini: Song of Inspiration to Krishna for Killing the Elephant Demon, from the Ragamala Series
• Malar Ragini: Krishna Playing the Flute to Seven Gopis Holding Musical Instruments, from the Ragamala Series
• Maharao Chattar Sal (reigned 1758–64) of Kota in a Palanquin
• Portrait of Sardar Singh (Son of Savant Singh, 1730–68)
• Shamsher Sen of Mandi with a youth
• Jesus among the doctors in the Temple
• Court lady singing and playing the vina
• King Muchukunda Enters the Realm of Mount Gandhamadana to Attain Salvation, from the “Fifth Basohli Bhagavata Purana”
• Taking of the toll, Dana-Lila
• Princess smoking a hookah
• The Heroine Who Waits Anxiously for Her Absent Lover: Utka Nayika
• Equestrian Portrait of Maharana Raj Singh II of Mewar (r. 1755–62)
• Krishna watches the milkmaids circumambulating a sacred tree: The month of Jyestha (May–June), from a Barahmasa (The Twelve Months)
• A Rathor Noble Visiting a Holy Man at a Vishnu Shrine
• Royal Elephant Ramkali with a Mahout
• Maharana Ari Singh II of Mewar (r. 1761–73) with His Consort on a Terrace
• Yusuf and Zulaykha meeting
• Rama and Lakshmana Fighting Ravana, from a Dashavatara (Ten Incarnations [of Vishnu]) series
• Princess and attendant in trompe l’oeil window
• Enthroned Rama and Sita receive homage from their monkey and bear Allies, from the Yuddha Kanda (Book of the War) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
• Aurangzeb
• Ragini Desakh of Meghamalhar
• Falcon
• Radha and Krishna meet in the forest during a storm
• The Dream of Zuleykha
• Krishna celebrates Holi
• Krishna Playing with the Gopis in the Yamuna
• Rama and Lakshmana slay the demon giant Viradha, from Chapters 2 through 4 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
• Krishna and Consort on a Palace Balcony with Musicians: Vukharo Ragaputra of Bhairav, from the “Boston Ragamala”
• The Marriage of Rukmini [Mangal]
• Rama’s brothers Bharata and Shatrughna set out from Ayodhya to find Rama and Lakshmana in the forest to inform them of the death of their father Dasharatha, from Chapter 77 of the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)