Mughal and Rajput painting








Works in this room
Jewel-bright painting from the Mughal court and the Rajput and Pahari kingdoms of India.
First room, north wall

Radha and Krishna Walk in a Flowering Grove (recto); Krishna Fluting (verso)the Kota Master, ca. 1720 (recto); ca. 1750–75 (verso)Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The deceitful wife ejects the procuress after blackening her face, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth NightShravana, c. 1560Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The magician disguised as a Brahman returns to claim his “daughter-in-law,” from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth NightUnrecorded Indian maker, c. 1560Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Kaiwan, Latif, and Sharif arrive at a house of worship, where they seek help from Khurshid who has become a mystical healer, from a Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second NightUnrecorded Indian maker, c. 1560Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
First room, south wall

Battle between monkeys and demons, from the “Shangri” RamayanaUnrecorded Indian maker, c. 1700Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan AlbumChitarman, recto: dated 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Jesus writes on the ground (folio 130 verso), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome XavierUnrecorded Indian maker, 1602–4Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Maharana Sangram Singh Riding a Prize StallionStipple Master, ca. 1712Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, south wall

"Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau DihlaviAmir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Raja Balwant Singh’s Vision of Krishna and RadhaNainsukh, ca. 1745–50Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Royal Women Feeding FishUnrecorded Indian maker, c. 1740Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Maharaja Bijay Singh in His HaremUnrecorded Indian maker, ca. 1770Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, north wall

"Alexander Visits the Sage Plato in his Mountain Cave", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau DihlaviAmir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Krishna Lifting Mount GovardhanUnrecorded Indian maker, c. 1780–90Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Hanuman spies Sita in the Ashoka Grove, from the “Shangri” RamayanaUnrecorded Indian maker, c. 1700–25Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-sixth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)Unrecorded Indian maker, c. 1560Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art