On #MothersDay 2024

This c1800 CE painting of a lady & presumably her son, attributed to Chokha of #Udaipur #Rajasthan & from Ashmolean Museum now at display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition 'Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin's Collection of Indian Court Paintings'
#MothersDay

Me & my mother in this c1820 CE #Pahari painting from #Chamba by Chhajju, grandson of #Nainsukh of #Guler #HimachalPradesh

From the #EdwinBinney collection now at San Diego Museum of Art

'A Woman in Red with a Child holding a Bow'

#HappyMothersDay #MotherDay #Motherhood ranjona banerji 🇮🇳 Don't Panik

Music Party at a Riverside Terrace

c1670 CE #Mughal painting from now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art & on view till 9th June at their exhibition 'Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Paintings'

Everyone, enjoy your #Weekend just like these guys

Don't Panik William Dalrymple

A botanical study (clerodendron) made for Mountstuart Grant Duff, Governor of #Madras
Grant's father was the historian James Cunningham Grant Duff who arrived at #Bombay in 1805
This c1875 CE #CompanyPainting attributed to artist Rungia Raju will be on Bonhams sale of May 21

Radha & #Krishna meet in secret at night in a roof-top garden pavilion.

From a 'Baramasa' series.

This c1790 CE #Pahari painting from #Guler #HimachalPradesh or #Garhwal will be on Bonhams auction on May 21, estimate £6000-£8000

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An elderly Bibi Juliyana (Juliana Dias da Costa, 1658-1734)

Do you know, Sarai Jullena in #NewDelhi is named after this Portuguese lady who entered into the Harem of the #Mughal rulers #Aurangzeb & Bahadur Shah-1 at #Delhi

c1730 CE painting on Bonhams sale of May 21, 2024

Watching #HeeraMandi OnNetflix
The story of #Tawaifs (Nautch/Dancing Girls) of #HeeraMandi #Lahore during the Independence movement

1772 CE painting by Tilly Kettle, the 1st prominent British artist to operate in #India

From the Paul Melon collection, now at YaleBritishArt

Having a Paan at Pandey's Paan at North Avenue, #NewDelhi

Paan is the universal Indian after-meal mouth freshener, a digestive & helps in keeping the body cool in this searing summer heat.

'Two young men seated, one offering paan'

c1700 AD #Pahari painting now at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

As I listen to the new Empire Podcast on Queen Victoria by William Dalrymple & anita anand I am reminded of this c1845 CE painting from #Rajasthan now Harvard Art Museums of 'Victoria Maharani & the Princess Royal'
This imaginary portrait of Victoria is by an artist who never saw her.

'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