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    My favorite artworks from European Museums

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    Gandhara Art in Humboldt Forum: Life of Lord Buddha

    Gandhara Art in Humboldt Forum: Life of Lord Buddha

    Jewish Heroes Square in Krakow, Poland

    Jewish Heroes Square in Krakow, Poland

    Block no. 4 in Auschwitz concentration camp

    Block no. 4 in Auschwitz concentration camp

    Ottoman tent in Princess Czartoryski Museum in Krakow, Poland

    Ottoman tent in Princess Czartoryski Museum in Krakow, Poland

    The Steam Engine Building, Potsdam, Germany

    The Steam Engine Building, Potsdam, Germany

    Assyrian human-headed winged bull from Nimrud; 9th cent. BCE; Pergamon Museum, Berlin

    Assyrian human-headed winged bull from Nimrud; 9th cent. BCE; Pergamon Museum, Berlin

    Catacombs in St Peter’s Abbey Salzburg, Austria

    Catacombs in St Peter’s Abbey Salzburg, Austria

    St Nicholas Church in #Leipzeg, #Germany

    St Nicholas Church in #Leipzeg, #Germany

    Gloriette, Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna,Austria

    Gloriette, Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna,Austria

    Matthias Church on Buda Castle Hill, Budapest

    Matthias Church on Buda Castle Hill, Budapest

    The Neptune fountain in Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria

    The Neptune fountain in Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria

    The Dohany Street synagogue in Budapest

    St Peter’s Abbey Church in Salzburg, Austria

    St Peter’s Abbey Church in Salzburg, Austria

    The Residence Fountain in Salzburg: Oundof Music

    The Residence Fountain in Salzburg: Oundof Music

    Sultana Daku and Raj Bhawan of Nainital

    Sultana Daku and Raj Bhawan of Nainital

    Sultana Daku and Raj Bhawan of Nainital

    Sultana Daku and Raj Bhawan of Nainital

    Jahan koshan cannon, Murshidabad

    Jahan koshan cannon, Murshidabad

    Takht-e Marar, Golestan Palance, Teheran, Iran

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      Gandhara Art in Humboldt Forum: Life of Lord Buddha

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      Jewish Heroes Square in Krakow, Poland

      Jewish Heroes Square in Krakow, Poland

      Block no. 4 in Auschwitz concentration camp

      Block no. 4 in Auschwitz concentration camp

      Ottoman tent in Princess Czartoryski Museum in Krakow, Poland

      Ottoman tent in Princess Czartoryski Museum in Krakow, Poland

      The Steam Engine Building, Potsdam, Germany

      The Steam Engine Building, Potsdam, Germany

      Assyrian human-headed winged bull from Nimrud; 9th cent. BCE; Pergamon Museum, Berlin

      Assyrian human-headed winged bull from Nimrud; 9th cent. BCE; Pergamon Museum, Berlin

      Catacombs in St Peter’s Abbey Salzburg, Austria

      Catacombs in St Peter’s Abbey Salzburg, Austria

      St Nicholas Church in #Leipzeg, #Germany

      St Nicholas Church in #Leipzeg, #Germany

      Gloriette, Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna,Austria

      Gloriette, Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna,Austria

      Matthias Church on Buda Castle Hill, Budapest

      Matthias Church on Buda Castle Hill, Budapest

      The Neptune fountain in Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria

      The Neptune fountain in Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria

      The Dohany Street synagogue in Budapest

      St Peter’s Abbey Church in Salzburg, Austria

      St Peter’s Abbey Church in Salzburg, Austria

      The Residence Fountain in Salzburg: Oundof Music

      The Residence Fountain in Salzburg: Oundof Music

      Sultana Daku and Raj Bhawan of Nainital

      Sultana Daku and Raj Bhawan of Nainital

      Sultana Daku and Raj Bhawan of Nainital

      Sultana Daku and Raj Bhawan of Nainital

      Jahan koshan cannon, Murshidabad

      Jahan koshan cannon, Murshidabad

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      The Mughal Empire lasted from 1526 until 1857
      They developed a unique Indo – Islamic style in art and architecture & this especially showed in their miniature paintings, illustrations in books and manuscripts.
      Mughal artists created a unique style, drawing from Persian and Indian influences and their paintings were heavily stylized, but the stylizations were specific.
      The Mughal equestrian portrait, is unique in Asian art for its fusion of Asian and European influences.
      I have posted a few of the paintings from that period which are in groups, solo, in war and leisure, sport and entertainment.

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      The Mughal emperor Babur hunting Rhinoceros near Peshawar. Painting from the Baburnama,
      Date: pre 1530

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      Akbar leads Mughal Army
      16th c

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      Battle with the Hazars, from the Baburnama

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      The Metropolitan Museum of Art – “Akbar Hunting”,
      Folio from an Akbarnama (History of Akbar)

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      Rustam Captures the Horse Rakhsh”, Folio from Akbar’s  Shahnama (Book of Kings)

      By Abu’l Qasim Firdausi

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      A portrait of Emperor Akbar, North India, 19th century
      Gouache with gold on paper, illuminated cartouche above with inscription shabihi mubarak Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar Shah khalad Allah mulkahu and spurious date of 1106 AH / 1694 AD, borders of scrolling foliate tendrils in gold and blue, reverse with a page of nasta`liq calligraphy signed by Ijaz Ruqmhan, borders with bold foliate motifs in blue and gold

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      Jahangir
      Freer and Sackler

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      Shah Jahan riding a stallion
      By Payag and Mir Ali
      1628

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      AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF EMPEROR SHAH JAHAN
      MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
      Gouache on paper heightened with gold, the Emperor riding a dapple gray horse and holding a falcon, with gold-speckled carboard margins, framed and glazed
      Miniature 8 7/8 x 6½in.
      (Christie’s)

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      portrait of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb mounted on a horse, and ready for battle, was originally produced in 1660-70. Aurangzeb reigned from 1658–1707.
      This image is taken from Johnson Album 3, 4. As featured in the British Library exhibition, Mughal India

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      Dara Shikoh’s horse
      By
      Manohar

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      Ayat ul Kursi
      Bijapur
      1600

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      Unknown Artist
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      Equestrian Portrait of a Mughal Prince on a Brown Horse
      Harvard Art Museum

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      Ali Vardi Khan Hawking
      Mughal horseman rides his horse confidently through the green countryside, raising his right arm backwards to let loose the falcon sitting on his wrist, Mughal, c. 1660.
      Johnson Album 67, 2. As featured in the British Library exhibition, Mughal India:

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      Rama riding a horse
      Rahugarh Gwalior 18th c

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      A horse with elaborate saddle and harness being led by a groom. On paper
      18th c
      British Museum

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      Equestrian portrait of Raja Chandu Lal (1766–1845),
      Prime Minister of the Nizam of Hyderabad (1809–1843), with attendant carrying opened umbrella. Hyderabad, circa 1860-80.
      Opaque watercolour with gold on wasli. 25 x 20cm (max)
      Provenance: private Boston USA collection acquired before mid-1970s

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      The Horse Merchants of Guler
      By Nainsukh
      Now in the V&A

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      Equestrian portrait: Thakur Karan Singh Ji. Jodhpur, circa 1820.
      Opaque watercolour with silver and gold on wasli.
      29.8 x 21.3cm

      Chand Bibi Hawking- Deccan – 28thnc

      This is a traditional representation of Chand Bibi, the late sixteenth-century Queen of Ahmadnagar who defended her city against the Mughals

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      Horse and Groom
      Artist:Attributed to Farrukh Husain
      1600-1610
      Deccan, Bijapur

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      Muraqqa e Golshan
      Groom & Horse
      17th c

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      Persian horses
      16th c
      British Museum

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      1725
      Rajput
      Prince on a Horse

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      18th c
      Prince and Princess on horseback

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      STALLION
      MARWAR, NORTH INDIA, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
      Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, facing left, its mane plaited and with yellow sashes, with elaborate saddle and saddle cloth, each with intricate scrolling patterns, its lower body painted orange and with recurring floral buds
      Christie’s

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