Indian and Southeast Asian Art

3,314 artworks

Page from the Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds)

Abd al-Rahim, the Anbarin-Qalam (Indian, active c. 1590–1630), 1600

Circumcision ceremony for Akbar’s sons, painting 126 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)

Dharam Das (Indian, active c. 1580–1605), 1600

A Courtier, Possibly Khan Alam, Holding a Spinel and a Deccan Sword

Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645), 1600

Isfandiyar slays Arjasp, the king of Turan, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

Haidar Kashmiri (Indian, active late 1500s-early 1600s), 1600

Angels bring food to Jesus in the wilderness (folio 55 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

Muhammad Sharif (Indian, active c. 1600), 1602

Antelope and deer hunt

Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645), 1602

The Magi Follow the Star (folio 34 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

Payag (Indian), 1602

Zulaykha in her palace and as an elderly woman with Joseph (recto), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492)

Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s), 1603

Illuminated page (verso), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492) with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)

Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s), 1603

Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492); verso from a Panj Ganj of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)

Mushfiq (Indian, active early 1600s), 1603

Vabhruvahana Approaches Arjuna, page from the Khan Khanan's Razm-nama

Sur Das Gujarati (Indian, active 16th century), 1605

Akbar Mounting his Horse; page from the Chester Beatty Akbar Nama (History of Akbar)

Sur Das Gujarati (Indian, active 16th century), 1605

A European Couple

Ali Riza, the "Bodleian Painter" (Indian), 1605

An Ambassador before Humayun

Miskin (Indian, active 1570s–c. 1604), 1605

Portrait of Raja Bikramajit

Lal Chand (Indian), 1615

A Royal Picnic on a Terrace

Muhammad Ali (Persian, active 1590–1620), 1615

Ghatotkacha and three demons in his company chase Bhagadatta, from Bhishma-parva (volume six) of a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614)

Fazl (Indian, active early 1600s), 1616

A charioteer riding through a rocky landscape with an entourage of footmen and musicians, page from a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614)

Yusuf Ali (Indian, active early 1600s), 1616

From Dohras (Songs) 40 and 42 from the Kitab-i Nauras (Book of Nine Essences) of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur (r. 1580–1627); verso: From Dohras (Songs) 40 and 36 from the Kitab-i Nauras of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II

Khalilullah Butshikan (Persian, active in India 1596–c. 1620), 1617

From Dohras (Songs) 40 and 36 from the Kitab-i Nauras of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II (verso)

Khalilullah Butshikan (Persian, active in India 1596–c. 1620), 1618

From Dohras (Songs) 40 and 42 from the Kitab-i Nauras (Book of Nine Essences) of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur (r. 1580–1627) (recto)

Khalilullah Butshikan (Persian, active in India 1596–c. 1620), 1618

Portrait of Raja Jagat Singh of Nurpur (reigned 1618–46)

Bichitr (Indian, active c. 1615–50), 1618

Nur Jahan holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir

Bishandas (Indian), 1622

Shah Jahan

Hashim (Indian, active 1598-c.1650), 1623