Master Painters of India : Slideshow
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Jodhpur, Rajasthan
ca. 1875
Albumen print, hand colored10 1/4 x 8 15/16 in. (26 x 22.7 cm)
The City Palace Museum, Udaipur
From “Wonder of the Age: Master Painters of India, 1100–1900” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wonder of the Age
Master Painters of India, 1100–1900
Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
ca. 1760
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Painting: 9 7/16 x 12 5/8 in. (24 x 32 cm)
Page: 11 x 14 5/16 in. (28 x 36.3 cm)
Museum Rietberg Zürich, Bequest of Lucy Rudolph
From “Wonder of the Age: Master Painters of India, 1100–1900” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Guler, Himachal Pradesh
ca. 1745 – 1750
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
8 1/4 x 11 13/16 in. (21 x 30 cm)
Museum Rietberg Zürich, Gift of Balthasar and Nanni Reinhart
From “Wonder of the Age: Master Painters of India, 1100–1900” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kota, Rajasthan
ca. 1700
Opaque watercolor on paperPage: 12 5/8 x 18 3/4 in. (32.1 x 47.6 cm)
Private Collection
From “Wonder of the Age: Master Painters of India, 1100–1900” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kota, Rajasthan
ca. 1713
Opaque watercolor on paper
Page: 14 3/16 x 9 3/16 in. (36 x 23.3 cm)
Gursharan S. and Elvira Sidhu
From “Wonder of the Age: Master Painters of India, 1100–1900” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Basohli, Jammu
dated 1694–95
Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper
Painting: 6 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. (16.5 x 27.6 cm)
Page: 8 x 12 1/4 in. (20.3 x 31.1 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Dr. J. C. Burnett, 1957
From “Wonder of the Age: Master Painters of India, 1100–1900” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mughal court at Agra
ca. 1628
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Painting: 11 1/8 x 8 3/16 in. (28.2 x 20.8 cm)
Page: 15 5/16 x 10 1/8 in. (38.9 x 25.7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, Rogers Fund and The Kevorkian Foundation Gift, 1955
From “Wonder of the Age: Master Painters of India, 1100–1900” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Delhi-Fatephur Sikri
ca. 1570
Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on cotton cloth, mounted on paper
27 x 21 1/4 in. (68.6 x 54 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rogers Fund, 1918
From “Wonder of the Age: Master Painters of India, 1100–1900” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mughal court at Lahore or Allahabad
ca. 1595–1600
Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
Painting: 4 5/16 x 5 3/8 in. (11 x 13.7 cm)
The Royal Collection, Royal Library, Windsor Castle
From “Wonder of the Age: Master Painters of India, 1100–1900” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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