Prince and Ladies in a Garden, mid-18th century; Mughal
Attributed to Nidha Mal
Lucknow, India
Watercolor and gold on paper; 10 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (27 x 18.7 cm)
Purchase, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund, 2001 (2001.302)
Technical Glossary
Attributed to Nidha Mal
Lucknow, India
Watercolor and gold on paper; 10 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (27 x 18.7 cm)
Purchase, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund, 2001 (2001.302)
The scene of leisure portrayed here typifies the gracious style of later Mughal painting practiced at provincial centers such as Lucknow in the eighteenth century. In this composition, a prince and his consort smoke a huqqa, attended by ladies in the pleasant surroundings of a walled palace garden. Nidha Mal was a talented artist of the Delhi-based court of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (r. 1719–48) who later moved to Lucknow, where he continued to paint in the refined and naturalistic Delhi style.
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Material and Technique
Subject Matter/Theme
- • Garden
- • Landscape
- • Landscape, organized by geography
- • Landscape, organized by geography, South and Southeast Asia
- • Landscape, organized by type
- • Landscape, organized by type, Architectural
- • Trade and Travel (1400–1600 A.D.)
Technical Glossary
- • Gold
- • Paper
- • Watercolor
