'Dancing Villagers'

On #InternationalDanceDay c1730 CE #Pahari painting by #PanditSeu of #Guler #HimachalPradesh now at LACMA

Remarkable for its unusual subject matter as well as its refined execution, lively portrayal of human form & sensitive attention to portrait features.

Into the 20th year on this day of my Dad departing to his Heavenly Abode...
My life hasn't been easy ever since.
Dad, I miss you so much.

'A Father and Son'

c1770 CE Provincial #Mughal painting from #Lucknow #Awadh from the Toby Falk collection sold by Christie's on 27th Oct

'Building of a Palace Wall'
On #WorldHeritageDay2024

This c1600 CE #Mughal painting (possibly of the construction of #FatehpurSikri #Agra ) will be on Christie's sale of April 25, 2024, estimate £20,000-30,000.

#WhereStonesSpeak #Heritage Rana Safvi رعنا राना William Dalrymple Don't Panik

Sage Narda at the Hermitage of Sage Valmiki Requesting him to write the Story of #Rama
Thus, he wrote the #Rama yana

c1825 CE #Pahari painting from #Kangra #HimachalPradesh now at National Museum
Happy #Rama Navami to those celebrating today

Don't Panik John Oldman Art Historian* 🇮🇳

'Dancing Villagers'

On #InternationalDanceDay c1730 CE #Pahari painting by #PanditSeu of #Guler #HimachalPradesh now at LACMA

Remarkable for its unusual subject matter as well as its refined execution, lively portrayal of human form & sensitive attention to portrait features.

A stunning Gulmohar Tree in my neighborhood, Greater Kailash II, #NewDelhi

#TreeClub #TreesOfDelhi #Delhi

Noblewoman Seated on a Terrace Listening to Music

c1730 CE #Mughal painting on Bonhams sale of May 21

Originally from an Album made in #Lucknow in the 1780s & from colln. of Sir Thomas Phillipps, who amassed the largest collection of manuscript material in the 19th century

Two Lovers (Mithuna)

Couples such as this pair are understood to have multiple meanings: a celebration of life's pleasures to the desire of a human's longing for union with the Divine

This 11th century statue from #ChandellaDynasty of #MadhyaPradesh is now at #MuseumRietberg

A Blackbuck

c1800 CE #Mughal painting from the Wantage Album on Christie's auction of April 25, estimate £30,000-50,000

This painting, ascribed in recto 'Amal-e Ustad Mansur', is thought to be a copy made in c1800 for the Album from a 17th century original by artist #Mansur

c1760 CE painting from #Bundi #Rajasthan to be auctioned by Sotheby's on April 24

A warrior climbs a fortress to meet his lover as guards sleep while a storm approaches

Lovers reuniting for a clandestine tryst is a popular subject in Kota & Bundi painting from the 18th century

c1800 CE painting from #Rajasthan now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art of #HanumanJi performing His most famous heroic feat of carrying the Himalayan Mount Vindhya containing the Medicinal Herbs required for an injured Lord #Rama
#Rama yana

Note, He carries His army in His tail!

#HanumanJayanti

'The Magical Doe'

An illustration to the 'Mirigavati' manuscript (1603/04) of Qutban Suhravardi which tells the story of Prince Raj who falls in love with Mirigavati, a woman who can magically transform into a 'Doe'

c1600 CE #Mughal painting on Christie's auction of April 25

'Portrait of a #Mughal Court Lady'

Alternative titles: 'Portrait of #NurJahan wife of #Jahangir ' & 'Nur Jahan portrait to be worn as a Jewel'

c1620 CE painting attributed to Abu'l Hasan, from the Stuart Cary Welch collection now Harvard Art Museums

William Dalrymple anita anand

To those fellow Indians voting today..
Vote wisely!
#VoteAsYouAre #India Elections 2024 #India Elections #Elections2024 #ElectionDay #India #Democracy

'Building of a Palace Wall'
On #WorldHeritageDay2024

This c1600 CE #Mughal painting (possibly of the construction of #FatehpurSikri #Agra ) will be on Christie's sale of April 25, 2024, estimate £20,000-30,000.

#WhereStonesSpeak #Heritage Rana Safvi رعنا राना William Dalrymple Don't Panik

Sage Narda at the Hermitage of Sage Valmiki Requesting him to write the Story of #Rama
Thus, he wrote the #Rama yana

c1825 CE #Pahari painting from #Kangra #HimachalPradesh now at National Museum
Happy #Rama Navami to those celebrating today

Don't Panik John Oldman Art Historian* 🇮🇳

A Prince Hawking (recto).

This c1590-1600 double-sided illustration from the De Luynes Album attributed to the #Mughal artist Paras will be on Sotheby's auction on April 24,2024, estimate £120,000-180,000.

Probably produced for a European patron.

William Dalrymple Don't Panik

Devi Agaman - the return of Goddess #Durga at the time of the #Durga Puja

She rides on Her Lion Vahana & is welcomed by a householder with attending womenfolk
On top right Lakshmi, Sarasvati & Kartikeya descend from the Himalaya

c1850 #Bengal #CompanyPainting now British Museum

These old receipts are so fascinating!

I just found this 1965 receipt of Chas F. Thackray Ltd.(Suppliers to the Surgeons!)

My Neurosurgeon (FRCS) father Dr. D. S. Mehta bought some equipment from them at a princely sum of £8 17s 4d & got this princely receipt!
Thackray Museum of Medicine

Thunderstorm in #Delhi
Many of us got caught in the rain.

A girl flees to her house during the storm & is received by an older woman in this c1760 CE #Mughal painting of Madhu Madhavi #Ragini from a #Ragamala now at V&A

#Delhi Rain

William Dalrymple ranjona banerji 🇮🇳 Art Historian* 🇮🇳