# Mughal and Rajput painting

Style galleries · hang 754 · 40 works

Jewel-bright painting from the Mughal court and the Rajput and Pahari kingdoms of India.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## First room, north wall

1. [Maharaja Bijay Singh in His Harem](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/maharaja-bijay-singh-in-his-harem-met-64533), Unrecorded Indian maker, ca. 1770. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting/maharaja-bijay-singh-in-his-harem-met-64533?hang=754)
2. [Radha and Krishna Walk in a Flowering Grove (recto); Krishna Fluting (verso)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/radha-and-krishna-walk-in-a-flowering-grove-recto-krishna-fl-met-65594), the Kota Master, ca. 1720 (recto); ca. 1750–75 (verso). Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting/radha-and-krishna-walk-in-a-flowering-grove-recto-krishna-fl-met-65594?hang=754)
3. ["Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/shah-jahan-on-a-terrace-holding-a-pendant-set-with-his-portr-met-451270), Chitarman, recto: dated 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting/shah-jahan-on-a-terrace-holding-a-pendant-set-with-his-portr-met-451270?hang=754)
4. [The magician disguised as a Brahman returns to claim his “daughter-in-law,” from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-magician-disguised-as-a-brahman-returns-to-claim-his-dau-cma-137648), Unrecorded Indian maker, c. 1560. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting/the-magician-disguised-as-a-brahman-returns-to-claim-his-dau-cma-137648?hang=754)

## First room, south wall

5. [Mahadevi, the Great Goddess](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mahadevi-the-great-goddess-met-38039), Unrecorded Indian maker, ca. 1725. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting/mahadevi-the-great-goddess-met-38039?hang=754)
6. ["A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-king-offers-to-make-amends-to-a-bereaved-mother-folio-from-met-446560), Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting/a-king-offers-to-make-amends-to-a-bereaved-mother-folio-from-met-446560?hang=754)
7. [Jesus writes on the ground (folio 130 verso), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/jesus-writes-on-the-ground-folio-130-verso-from-a-mirror-of-cma-163659), Unrecorded Indian maker, 1602–4. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting/jesus-writes-on-the-ground-folio-130-verso-from-a-mirror-of-cma-163659?hang=754)
8. [Hanuman spies Sita in the Ashoka Grove, from the “Shangri” Ramayana](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/hanuman-spies-sita-in-the-ashoka-grove-from-the-shangri-rama-cma-677522), Unrecorded Indian maker, c. 1700–25. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting/hanuman-spies-sita-in-the-ashoka-grove-from-the-shangri-rama-cma-677522?hang=754)

## Second room, south wall

9. [Prince Shreyamsa dreams of the coming of Rishabha, from a Panchakalyanaka (Five Auspicious Events)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/prince-shreyamsa-dreams-of-the-coming-of-rishabha-from-a-pan-cma-438621), Unrecorded Indian maker, 1670–80. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting/prince-shreyamsa-dreams-of-the-coming-of-rishabha-from-a-pan-cma-438621?hang=754)
10. [The handmaiden again pleads for the death of the prince, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-handmaiden-again-pleads-for-the-death-of-the-prince-from-cma-137953), Lalu, c. 1560. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting/the-handmaiden-again-pleads-for-the-death-of-the-prince-from-cma-137953?hang=754)
11. [Green Parrot](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/green-parrot-cma-146878), Unrecorded Indian maker, c. 1820. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting/green-parrot-cma-146878?hang=754)
12. [Krishna in the Form of Shri Nathji](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/krishna-in-the-form-of-shri-nathji-met-72719), Unrecorded Indian maker, ca. 1840. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting/krishna-in-the-form-of-shri-nathji-met-72719?hang=754)

## Second room, north wall

13. [The Annunciation (folio 15 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-annunciation-folio-15-recto-from-a-mirror-of-holiness-mi-cma-163658), Unrecorded Indian maker, 1602–4. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting/the-annunciation-folio-15-recto-from-a-mirror-of-holiness-mi-cma-163658?hang=754)
14. ["A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-muslim-pilgrim-learns-a-lesson-in-piety-from-a-brahman-fol-met-446563), Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting/a-muslim-pilgrim-learns-a-lesson-in-piety-from-a-brahman-fol-met-446563?hang=754)
15. [The tale of the three men trapped in a cave by a rolling boulder, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-tale-of-the-three-men-trapped-in-a-cave-by-a-rolling-bou-cma-137604), Bihzad, c. 1560. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting/the-tale-of-the-three-men-trapped-in-a-cave-by-a-rolling-bou-cma-137604?hang=754)
16. [Toilette of Radha](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/toilette-of-radha-cma-130495), Unrecorded Indian maker, c. 1810–20. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting/toilette-of-radha-cma-130495?hang=754)

## Doors

- [More by unrecorded makers of India](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-india?hang=754&via=continue) (21 works)
- [19th-century India](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-india?hang=754&via=continue) (5 works)
- [Mughal and Rajput painting, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting?hang=754&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzU0LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoibDRIRUFFVkoifQ)