17th century mughal miniatures

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Watercolor painting of Ali Adil Shah II, India

Watercolor painting of Ali Adil Shah II, India

Gray's Anatomy is a classic human anatomy textbook first published in 1858 by Henry Gray. The book, which is widely considered to be one of the most important and influential works in the field of anatomy, prov... More

An Angel Conversing with a Group of Europeans, ca. 1610, The David Collection, Kopenhagen

An Angel Conversing with a Group of Europeans, ca. 1610, The David Col...

An Angel Conversing with a Group of Europeans, ca. 1610, The David Collection, Kopenhagen

Arjuna is killed by his son Babhnu Vahana in battle

Arjuna is killed by his son Babhnu Vahana in battle

A COMPOSITE RAZMNAMA ILLUSTRATION MUGHAL, CIRCA 1616 Gouache heightened with gold on paper, Arjuna is killed by his son Babhnu Vahana in battle, composed of elements of at least six different miniatures from th... More

Balchand, Prince Dara Shikuh And His Mistress On A Terrace At Night 1640-1650 Aga Khan Museum, Geneva

Balchand, Prince Dara Shikuh And His Mistress On A Terrace At Night 16...

Balchand, Prince Dara Shikuh And His Mistress On A Terrace At Night 1640-1650 Aga Khan Museum, Geneva

Canvas 1 - Public domain dedication image

Canvas 1 - Public domain dedication image

Illustrated manuscript, folio Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chitarman. Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait, Folio from the Shah Jahan Album 1630-50 Metmuseum

Chitarman. Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Por...

Chitarman. Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait, Folio from the Shah Jahan Album 1630-50 Metmuseum

Dara Shikoh Hunting Nilgae

Dara Shikoh Hunting Nilgae

Dara Shikoh Hunting Nilgae ca. 1635 Payag , (Indian, India, active c.1591-c.1658) Mughal dynasty Shah Jahan (r. 1628–55) Opaque watercolor on paper H: 17.2 W: 23.6 cm India Purchase S1993.42a-c

Dara Shukoh with philosophers, painted by Bichitr

Dara Shukoh with philosophers, painted by Bichitr

Dara Shukoh with philosophers, painted by Bichitr Source: Imperial Mughal Painting, by Stuart Cary Welch (New York: George Braziller, 1978), p. 111; scan by FWP, Sept. 2001 "To prevent a repetition of his own... More

Darbarscene - Public domain  painting

Darbarscene - Public domain painting

Aurangzeb holds court, as painted by (perhaps) Bichitr; Shaistah Khan stands behind Prince Muhammad Azam

Dárá Shikúh with three sages with inscription

Dárá Shikúh with three sages with inscription

Dara Shikuh and three holy men Ascribed to Dal Chand India, Mughal school Despite the attribution, it seems unlikely that this is the work of Dal Chand, who was active at Delhi in the first half of the 18th ce... More

Elefant und Jungtier aus dem Stall der Moghulkaiser

Elefant und Jungtier aus dem Stall der Moghulkaiser

Elefant und Jungtier aus dem Stall der Moghulkaiser Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emperor Jahangir, Triumphing Over Poverty, ca1620-1625

Emperor Jahangir, Triumphing Over Poverty, ca1620-1625

Mughal Emperor Jahangir, Triumphing Over Poverty, ca 1620-1625. Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emperor Shah Jahan, 1628 (cropped)

Emperor Shah Jahan, 1628 (cropped)

The emperor sits in haloed profile upon a gold-footed throne under a high white canopy, flanked by his three young princes who stand on the left. All are resplendent with opulently bejewelled turbans, necklace... More

Emperor Shah Jahan, 1628 - Public domain portrait painting

Emperor Shah Jahan, 1628 - Public domain portrait painting

The emperor sits in haloed profile upon a gold-footed throne under a high white canopy, flanked by his three young princes who stand on the left. All are resplendent with opulently bejewelled turbans, necklace... More

Equestrian Portrait of the Emperor Shah Jahan from the Kevorkian Album

Equestrian Portrait of the Emperor Shah Jahan from the Kevorkian Album

Equestrian Portrait of the Emperor Shah Jahan from the Kevorkian Album early 17th century Shah Jahan (r. 1628–55) Opaque watercolor and gold on paper H: 26.8 W: 18.1 cm India Purchase F1939.46a Shah Jahan, the... More

Govardhan. A Discourse Between Muslim Sages ca. 1630 LACMA

Govardhan. A Discourse Between Muslim Sages ca. 1630 LACMA

Govardhan. A Discourse Between Muslim Sages ca. 1630 LACMA Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Govardhan. Dalliance on a Terrace 1615-20 LACMA

Govardhan. Dalliance on a Terrace 1615-20 LACMA

Govardhan. Dalliance on a Terrace 1615-20 LACMA Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Govardhan. Sa'adi Meets Frend in a Garden. ca. 1644 Page from Gulistan. Private Collection

Govardhan. Sa'adi Meets Frend in a Garden. ca. 1644 Page from Gulistan...

Govardhan. Sa'adi Meets Frend in a Garden. ca. 1644 Page from Gulistan. Private Collection

Govardhan. Shah Jahan and Dara Shikoh ca. 1638. Victoria and Albert Museum

Govardhan. Shah Jahan and Dara Shikoh ca. 1638. Victoria and Albert Mu...

Govardhan. Shah Jahan and Dara Shikoh ca. 1638. Victoria and Albert Museum

Govardhan. The Dying Inayat Khan, ca 1618, Bodleian Library, Oxford

Govardhan. The Dying Inayat Khan, ca 1618, Bodleian Library, Oxford

Govardhan. The Dying Inayat Khan, ca 1618, Bodleian Library, Oxford Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jahangir and a wounded lioness

Jahangir and a wounded lioness

Jahangir and a wounded lioness Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jahangir hunting with a falcon.

Jahangir hunting with a falcon.

17th Century Mughals from the "Patna's Drawings" album Dating from the period of Shahjahan's reign. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. Manuscript Douce Or. a.1 Source & descriptions

Jahangir Receives Prince Khurram at Ajmer on His Return from the Mewar Campaign

Jahangir Receives Prince Khurram at Ajmer on His Return from the Mewar...

Jahangir Receives Prince Khurram at Ajmer on His Return from the Mewar Campaign: Page from the Windsor Padshahnama Balchand (active 1595–ca. 1650) Date: ca. 1635 Culture: India (Mughal court at Lahore or Dau... More

Jahangir's dream-Abu'l Hasan-c.1618-22

Jahangir's dream-Abu'l Hasan-c.1618-22

Azərbaycanca: I Şah Abbas və Cahangir şah Babur (1620) (Əbül Həsən - "Cahangirnamə") English: Jahangir, on the right, hugs Shah Abbas, the Safavid ruler of the Persian empire. They stand on top of the world, ... More

Jahangir's Lion Hunt ca. 1615, Aga Khan Museum, Geneva

Jahangir's Lion Hunt ca. 1615, Aga Khan Museum, Geneva

Jahangir's Lion Hunt ca. 1615, Aga Khan Museum, Geneva Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jahangir's-Darbar, ca. 1620, The David Collection, Kopenhagen

Jahangir's-Darbar, ca. 1620, The David Collection, Kopenhagen

Jahangir's-Darbar, ca. 1620, The David Collection, Kopenhagen Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kaiser Akbar bändigt einen Elefanten

Kaiser Akbar bändigt einen Elefanten

Kaiser Akbar bändigt einen Elefanten Public domain photograph of 17th-century portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kalligraf und Miniaturist, illuminated manuscript

Kalligraf und Miniaturist, illuminated manuscript

Detail of a 1610 added page from a Mughal copy af Nizami's Khamsa (made for Akbar 1595). The painting shows the calligrapher Abd al-Rahim and the painter Dwalat at work in the imperial studio.

Khusrau stand on either side of the canal built to supply Shirin with the milk of goats and cows, taken from the Khamseh of Nizami

Khusrau stand on either side of the canal built to supply Shirin with ...

The sculptor, Farhad, left, and a male figure, perhaps Khusrau, right, stand on either side of the canal built to supply Shirin with the milk of goats and cows, taken from the Khamseh of Nizami. On the other s... More

Maharaja Jai Singh of Amber and Maharaja Gaj Singh of Marwar, 1630

Maharaja Jai Singh of Amber and Maharaja Gaj Singh of Marwar, 1630

Bichitr (attributed to) (India) Maharaja Jai Singh of Amber and Maharaja Gaj Singh of Marwar, Folio from the Amber Album, circa 1630 Painting; Watercolor, Opaque watercolor, gold, gesso, and ink on paper, Image... More

Manohar. Emperor Jahangir Weighs Prince Khurram. Page from Tuzuk-i Jahangiri. 1610-1615, British Museum, London

Manohar. Emperor Jahangir Weighs Prince Khurram. Page from Tuzuk-i Jah...

Emperor Jahangir weighs Prince Khurram (later crowned Shah Jahan). Page from Tuzk-e-Jahangiri. 1610-1615, British Museum, London

Moghul Lion Hunt - A painting of a group of people on a hill

Moghul Lion Hunt - A painting of a group of people on a hill

Moghul Lion Hunt Public domain image related to Mughal Empire, 16th, 17th, 18th-century India, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Watercolor painting of Nobleman Riding on an Elephant, India

Watercolor painting of Nobleman Riding on an Elephant, India

Nobleman Riding on an Elephant, early 17th Century Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Page from Jahangir Album with calligraphy Mir Ali, ca. 1600, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington

Page from Jahangir Album with calligraphy Mir Ali, ca. 1600, Freer Gal...

Page from Gulshan Album with calligraphy Mir Ali, ca. 1600, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington

Painting of Shah Abbas Khan Alam and a page

Painting of Shah Abbas Khan Alam and a page

Painting of Shah 'Abbas, Khan 'Alam and a page [Painting of Shah 'Abbas, Khan 'Alam and a page] India, Golconda, late AD 1600s This painting shows the meeting of Shah 'Abbas I of Iran (1571-1629) and Khan ... More

Pictorial Genealogy Of The Descendants Of Jahangir. ca. 1623-27, Aga Khan Museum, Ceneva

Pictorial Genealogy Of The Descendants Of Jahangir. ca. 1623-27, Aga K...

Pictorial Genealogy Of The Descendants Of Jahangir. ca. 1623-27, Aga Khan Museum, Ceneva. As per Sheila R. Canby, Princes, Poets & Paladins: Islamic and Indian Paintings from the Collection of Prince and Princ... More

Portrait of Islam Khan Mashhadi

Portrait of Islam Khan Mashhadi

Portrait of Islam Khan Mashhadi Payag (active ca. 1591–1658) Object Name: Single work, illustrated Reign: Shah Jahan (1628–58) Date: 17th century Geography: India Medium: Opaque waterc... More

Portrait of Mirza Ghazi - Public domain book illustration painting

Portrait of Mirza Ghazi - Public domain book illustration painting

Date c.1610-1612 (Made) Artist/maker Manohar (Painter) Marks and inscriptions shabih-e Mirzi Ghazi pesar-e Mirza Jani amal-e manohar Likeness of Mirzi Ghazi, the son of Mirza Jani, the work of Manohar Dimensio... More

Portrait of Prince Danyal - Public domain portrait drawing

Portrait of Prince Danyal - Public domain portrait drawing

"Portrait of Prince Danyal", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album Painting by Manohar (active ca. 1582–1624) Calligrapher: Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi (active late 15th–early 16th century) Object Name: Album l... More

Prince Awrangzeb (Aurangzeb) facing a maddened elephant named Sudhakar (7 June 1633) - left panel

Prince Awrangzeb (Aurangzeb) facing a maddened elephant named Sudhakar...

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 15th-16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Prince Salim (who became Jahangir) at Allahabad

Prince Salim (who became Jahangir) at Allahabad

Prince Salim (who became Jahangir) at Allahabad Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Prince Salim at a Hunt - A painting of a group of people riding on the back of an elephant

Prince Salim at a Hunt - A painting of a group of people riding on the...

Prince Salim at a Hunt, c. 1600-04 Folio from a Shikarnama (Hunting Album) Painting: Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper. By Muhammad Nasir al-Munshi. Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Watercolor painting of Prince with rifle, India

Watercolor painting of Prince with rifle, India

Prince with rifle. Raghogarh, Madhya Pradesh. Circa late 17th century. 28cm x 14.5cm.

Watercolor painting of Ram Singh of Amber, India

Watercolor painting of Ram Singh of Amber, India

Indian, North India, Mughal (Shah Jahan Period) () Page from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Ram Singh of Amber ca. 1650 - 58 Opaque watercolor and ink on paper 15.125 x 10.75 in. 38.4 x 27.3 cm. Nasli and Alice... More

Rani Durgavati - A painting of a woman holding a flower

Rani Durgavati - A painting of a woman holding a flower

Transferred from the School of Arts and crafts in 1943. The picture shows, the Rani in standing posture, she holds flower in her left hand. An inscription is written on the top portion of the painting.

Picryl description: Public domain image of renaissance painting, 15th-16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image of renaissance painting, 15th-...

Public domain image of painting, 15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sages In Religious Discussion circa 1670 Aga Khan Museum Geneva

Sages In Religious Discussion circa 1670 Aga Khan Museum Geneva

Sages In Religious Discussion circa 1670 Aga Khan Museum Geneva Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shah Jahan on a Terrace Holding a Pendant Set with His Portrait

Shah Jahan on a Terrace Holding a Pendant Set with His Portrait

Shah Jahan on a Terrace Holding a Pendant Set with His Portrait, dated 1627/8; Mughal Inscribed by Chitarman, dated 1627/8 India Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper H. 15 3/8 in. (38.9 cm), W. 10 1/8 in. ... More

Shah Jahan Receives the Persian Ambassador Muhammad 'Ali Beg. ca. 1633, Folio from the Windsor Padshahnama, The Royal Library, Windsor Castle

Shah Jahan Receives the Persian Ambassador Muhammad 'Ali Beg. ca. 1633...

Shah Jahan Receives the Persian Ambassador Muhammad 'Ali Beg. ca. 1633, Folio from the Windsor Padshahnama, The Royal Library, Windsor Castle

Shah Jahan Receiving Dara Shikoh,

Shah Jahan Receiving Dara Shikoh,

Shah Jahan Receiving Dara Shikoh, Folio from the Late Shah Jahan Album, circa 1650 Painting; Watercolor, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper, Sheet: 14 5/8 x 10 in. (37.15 x 25.4 cm); Image: 10 1/8 x 7 7/... More

Shah Jahan with his son Dara Shikoh, from album made for Shah Jahan, ca. 1620

Shah Jahan with his son Dara Shikoh, from album made for Shah Jahan, c...

Prince Khurram (Shah Jahan) with his son Dara Shikoh: Leaf from an album made for Emperor Shah Jahan, ca. 1620; Mughal, period of Jahangir (1605–27) by Nanha, India Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Shahriyar, Indian School of the 17th century AD

Shahriyar, Indian School of the 17th century AD

Shahriyar ink and pigments on paper 5.3 x 4.2 cm. This Mughal drawing, Walters manuscript leaf W.697 is of a young man, identified by the inscription as Shahriyar, who was the youngest son of the 4th Mughal Em... More

Shuja Aurganzeb Murad - A painting of a man riding on the back of a horse

Shuja Aurganzeb Murad - A painting of a man riding on the back of a ho...

Shuja, Aurangzeb, and Murad Bakhsh: Mughal Miniature, 38.7 x 26 cm. c. 1637. Attributed to Balchand. Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, UK.

The ascension of Jesus in the guise of a priest, Dastan-i Masih, 1602-05. San Diego Museum of Art

The ascension of Jesus in the guise of a priest, Dastan-i Masih, 1602-...

The ascension of Jesus in the guise of a priest, Dastan-i Masih, 1602-05. San Diego Museum of Art

The Emperor Aurangzeb on Horseback ca. 1690–1710 The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Emperor Aurangzeb on Horseback ca. 1690–1710 The Cleveland Museum ...

The Emperor Aurangzeb on Horseback ca. 1690–1710 The Cleveland Museum of Art

The emperor Shahjahan riding, with the Aftabi or sunshade held over his head

The emperor Shahjahan riding, with the Aftabi or sunshade held over hi...

17th Century Mughals from the "Patna's Drawings" album Dating from the period of Shahjahan's reign. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. Manuscript Douce Or. a.1

The Hanging of Mansur al-Hallaj Divan Amir Khusraw Dihlavi Walters art Museum Baltimor

The Hanging of Mansur al-Hallaj Divan Amir Khusraw Dihlavi Walters art...

The Hanging of Mansur al-Hallaj Divan Amir Khusraw Dihlavi Walters art Museum Baltimor

Two Scribes Seated with Books and a Writing Table Fragment of a decorative margin Northern India

Two Scribes Seated with Books and a Writing Table Fragment of a decora...

These exquisitely painted figures once appeared on the margins of a painting in an album made for the emperor Shah Jahan (the ruler who built the Taj Mahal). Illuminated borders were frequently used in royal al... More

Фаррух Бек. Старый мулла.ок.1615 Виктория и Альберт

Фаррух Бек. Старый мулла.ок.1615 Виктория и Альберт

Русский: Фаррух Бек. Старый мулла.ок.1615 Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Фаррух Бек. Юный паж.ок 1615 Честер Битти.

Фаррух Бек. Юный паж.ок 1615 Честер Битти.

Русский: Фаррух Бек. Юный паж.ок 1615 Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Two ascetics from the Album of Dara Shikoh. Attributed to Govardhan, c. 1610

Two ascetics from the Album of Dara Shikoh. Attributed to Govardhan, c...

Two ascetics, supposedly Yogis by their posture. From the Album of Dara Shikoh. Attributed to Govardhan, c. 1610. (British Library Add.Or.3129, ff.11v, 12r)

Shah abbas I- L by Bishn Das

Shah abbas I- L by Bishn Das

فارسی: این اثر هنری بخاطر به این دلیل که اولین انتشارش قبل از ۱ ژانویهٔ ۱۹۲۳ روی داده است هم‌اکنون در سراسر جهان در مالکیت عمومی قرار دارد و استفاده از آن آزاد است. بنابراین تکثیر آن در ایالات متحده آمریکا، آل... More

Dara Shikoh with his consort

Dara Shikoh with his consort

Dara Shikoh with his consort, attributed to Balchand. Watercolor and gold on paper. 22.8 x 14.3 cm. India, Mughal, c. 1633. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 13.1402

Sadi in a Rose garden (cropped)
Mansur (Loriculus galgulus) - Public domain  painting

Mansur (Loriculus galgulus) - Public domain painting

Painting by the Mughal artist Ustad Mansur from c 1625. Loriculus galgulus

Prince Awrangzeb (Aurangzeb) facing a maddened elephant named Sudhakar (7 June 1633) - right panel

Prince Awrangzeb (Aurangzeb) facing a maddened elephant named Sudhakar...

Illustrations from the 1636 Padshahnama of Shah Jahan showing Moghul Soldier & Civilian Costume. Illustrations to the text of Abdul Hamid Lahori

Shah Jehan with Angel musicians

Shah Jehan with Angel musicians

Public domain photo of portrait art painting, 15th-16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Persian nobleman and musician

Persian nobleman and musician

Persian nobleman and musician, attributed to Muhammad Khan. Ink and colors on paper. Persian, some verses from the Divan of Hafiz, nastaliq script. Mughal, c. 1615-1620. Bibliothèque nationale de France, dépa... More

Amarsingh - Public domain portrait painting

Amarsingh - Public domain portrait painting

A painting attributed in Jahangir's own handwriting to Bishin Das, c.1624 Source: http://search.sothebys.com/jsps/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=4DV92 (downloaded Mar. 2005) "PORTRAIT OF AMR SINGH OF MEWAR, ATT... More

Nanha. Das Jüngste Gericht. Windsor

Nanha. Das Jüngste Gericht. Windsor

Deutsch: Fol. 5v aus einer Khamsa von Mir Ali Shir Navai. Royal Library Windsor Castle Library, RCIN 1005032.d.

Portrait of Isa Khan, Qurchibashi of Shah 'Abbas I. Ascribed to Bishn Das, Agra, India, dated 1618

Portrait of Isa Khan, Qurchibashi of Shah 'Abbas I. Ascribed to Bishn ...

Accession Number: AKM153 Place: Agra, India Dimensions: 36.9 x 24.7 cm Date: 1618 Materials and Technique: Opaque watercolour, gold, paper Safavid Iran had much contact with its Indian neighbours to the east, ... More

A noble lady, Mughal dynasty, India. 17th century

A noble lady, Mughal dynasty, India. 17th century

A noble lady, Mughal dynasty, India. 17th century. Color and gold on paper. Freer Gallery of Art F1907.219.

Archery Competition-Mughal-India

Archery Competition-Mughal-India

Archery Competition. India, Mughal Period, ca. 1600. Opaque watercolor and gold painting, on paper.

Colophon from the Khamsa of Nizami - BL Or. MS 12208 f. 325v

Colophon from the Khamsa of Nizami - BL Or. MS 12208 f. 325v

Colophon from the 1595-6 Khamsa of Nizami, signed by Daulat. The portrait shows Daulat (left) and 'Abd al-Rahim ("Amber-pen"), a scribe, working on the book. From BL Or. MS 12208, f. 325v; digitised and held b... More

Colophon portrait from the Khamsa of Nizami - BL Or. MS 12208 f. 325v

Colophon portrait from the Khamsa of Nizami - BL Or. MS 12208 f. 325v

Colophon portrait from the 1595-6 Khamsa of Nizami, signed by Daulat. It shows Daulat (left) and and 'Abd al-Rahim ("Amber-pen"), a scribe, working on the book. From BL Or. MS 12208, f. 325v; digitised and hel... More

Dara Shikoh With Mian Mir And Mulla Shah

Dara Shikoh With Mian Mir And Mulla Shah

en:Dara Shikoh from the following link of the en:Smithsonian Institution; ca. 1635, India. Mughal dynasty. Opaque watercolor and ink on paper.

Dodo Mansur - Public domain scan of painting

Dodo Mansur - Public domain scan of painting

Painting by the Mughal artist Ustad Mansur from c 1625, which may be one of the most accurate depictions of a live dodo. Two live specimens were brought to India in the 1600s according to Peter Mundy, and the ... More

Mansur (Tragopan melanocephalus)

Mansur (Tragopan melanocephalus)

Painting by the Mughal artist Ustad Mansur from c 1625. Tragopan melanocephalus

Mansur (Anser indicus) - Public domain  painting

Mansur (Anser indicus) - Public domain painting

Painting by the Mughal artist Ustad Mansur from c 1625. Anser indicus (although the pose and pattern suggests a hybrid, possibly related to the Indian runner duck - note upright posture and long neck)

Mansur Painting (Pterocles indicus)

Mansur Painting (Pterocles indicus)

Painting by the Mughal artist Ustad Mansur from c 1625. Pterocles indicus

Nur Jahan holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir, about 1627

Nur Jahan holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir, about 1627

Nur Jahan holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir, about 1627; borders added 1800s. Mughal India, opaque watercolor and gold on paper; 30 x 22.1 cm (page); 13.6 x 6.4 cm (painting), The Cleveland Museum of Art

Watercolor painting of Sultan Daniyal Mirza 1600-1650, India

Watercolor painting of Sultan Daniyal Mirza 1600-1650, India

Folio from an Album: Prince Daniyal with Bow and Arrow Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Lion Hunt - A painting of a man riding a horse with a group of people

A Lion Hunt - A painting of a man riding a horse with a group of peopl...

A Lion Hunt, c1600. Public domain image related to Mughal Empire, 16th, 17th, 18th-century India, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A'zam Khan captures Fort Dharur (January 1631)

A'zam Khan captures Fort Dharur (January 1631)

Illustrations from the 1636 Padshahnama of Shah Jahan showing Moghul Soldier & Civilian Costume. Illustrations to the text of Abdul Hamid Lahori

Asaf khan Presents Offerings

Asaf khan Presents Offerings

Asaf khan Presents Offerings Folio from the Davis Album, c.1604.

Bhairavi Ragini, Manley Ragamala, an album painting in gouache on paper

Bhairavi Ragini, Manley Ragamala, an album painting in gouache on pape...

Bhairavi Ragini, Manley Ragamala, an album painting. Amber, Rajasthan, India. (cropped version) Two women worship Shiva in a lotus-filled lake. Sub-Imperial Mughal style

Bharata and Satrughna come to console Kausalya

Bharata and Satrughna come to console Kausalya

Folio from the Ramayana of Valmiki (The Freer Ramayana), Vol. 1, folio 102; recto: Bharata and Satrughna come to console Kausalya; verso: Bharata, Satrughna, and Vasistha perform the funeral rites of Dasaratha... More

Commander In The Deccan, 1670-80

Commander In The Deccan, 1670-80

Commander In The Deccan, 1670-80 p283 The Age of Expansion, edited by Hugh Trevor Roper. India Office Library, London, Johnson Collection. Photo: R. B. Fleming.

Elephant and trainer - Public domain dedication image

Elephant and trainer - Public domain dedication image

Elephant and trainer, 1610-20. Folio from the Gulshan Album (Rose Garden album). Farrukh Beg. Source: Freer Gallery, Smithsonian's Museums of Asian Art.

Emperor Shah Jahan Surrounded by His Sons

Emperor Shah Jahan Surrounded by His Sons

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Finch, Poppies, Dragonfly, and Bee India (Deccan, Golconda)

Finch, Poppies, Dragonfly, and Bee India (Deccan, Golconda)

This painting depicts elements of nature, all of them inspired by real species but rendered in a fanciful palette of intense colors. The bird perches on a fabulous rock that comes straight out of Persian paint... More

Gentleman with a Gold Wine Cup, c. 1600 Painting

Gentleman with a Gold Wine Cup, c. 1600 Painting

Attributed to Aqa Riza Jahangiri Afghan Gentleman with a Gold Wine Cup, c. 1600 Painting Indian , 16th-17th centuries Mughal period, 932-1274/1526-1858 Creation Place: India Ink heightened with opaque watercol... More

Jahangir and Prince Khurram with Nur Jahan

Jahangir and Prince Khurram with Nur Jahan

Public domain scan of 17th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jahangir in Darbar - A painting of a large crowd of people

Jahangir in Darbar - A painting of a large crowd of people

Jahangir's Darbar, from the Jahangir-nama, c1620 Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Khan Dawran receiving the heads of Jujhar Singh and his son Bikramajit (January 1636)

Khan Dawran receiving the heads of Jujhar Singh and his son Bikramajit...

Illustrations from the 1636 Padshahnama of Shah Jahan showing Moghul Soldier & Civilian Costume. Illustrations to the text of Abdul Hamid Lahori

Nafahat al-Uns, Jami, 1604-05, detail, Biblioteca de la Fundación Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid

Nafahat al-Uns, Jami, 1604-05, detail, Biblioteca de la Fundación Láza...

Nafahat al-Uns, Jami, 1604-05, detail, Biblioteca de la Fundación Lázaro Galdiano, MadridEspañol: Manuscrito Nafahat al-Uns (periodo Mogol, 1604) Ilustración que representa una reunión de sufíes y religiosos musulmanes

Payāg Princess on elephant

Payāg Princess on elephant

Public domain image of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Payāg Battle in the mountains - Public domain  drawing

Payāg Battle in the mountains - Public domain drawing

Public domain scan of 17th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poor dervish in Gulistan of Sa'di

Poor dervish in Gulistan of Sa'di

Illustrated Page from the Gulistan of Sa‘di Mughal, early 17th century This page comprises two illustrations from the opening chapter entitled “The Conduct of Kings.” The lower register depicts a king who had ... More

Portrait of Abu'l Hasan, - Public domain portrait painting

Portrait of Abu'l Hasan, - Public domain portrait painting

This portrait depicts Abu\'l Hasan, the last sultan of the Qutb-Shahi dynasty of Golconda, a kingdom in the Deccan (central southern India) that was much celebrated for its refusal to bow to the Mughal emperors... More

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