Indian and Southeast Asian Art

3,314 artworks

Calligraphy from a ghazal of Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (Persian, 1213–1289) and a verse from the Tuhfat al-ahrar (The Gift of the Free) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (verso)

Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s), 1755

Scrolling Floral Vines (verso)

Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730–1765), 1755

Princess and attendant in trompe l’oeil window

Aqil Khan (Indian, active mid-1700s), 1755

A night scene of Shiva puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso)

Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s), 1755

Court lady singing and playing the vina

Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s), 1755

Court Lady Pouring Wine (recto)

Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s), 1755

A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling floral vines

Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730–1765), 1755

A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess (recto)

Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730–1765), 1755

Women enjoying the river at the forest’s edge (recto) and flowering marigold (verso)

Hunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s), 1760

Flowering Marigold (verso)

Hunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s), 1760

King Muchukunda Enters the Realm of Mount Gandhamadana to Attain Salvation, from the “Fifth Basohli Bhagavata Purana”

Fattu (Indian), 1760

Women bathing before an architectural panorama

Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730–1765), 1760

Women Enjoying the River at the Forest’s Edge (recto)

Hunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s), 1760

Jesus among the doctors in the Temple

Mir Kalan Khan (Indian, c. 1730–1775), 1760

Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto); Calligraphy (verso)

Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s), 1764

Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto)

Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s), 1764

Portrait of Maharaja Pratap Singh (1764–1803)

Sahib Ram (Indian, active 1745–1803), 1788

Shishupala arguing with Rukmini’s father, Bhishmaka, from a Rukmini Haran

Mola Ram (Indian), 1795

Maharana Bhim Singh of Mewar (r. 1778–1828) with a Consort

Chokha (Indian, active c. 1799–1824), 1800

A girl worshipping the rising sun (Surya puja)

Chokha (Indian, active c. 1799–1824), 1800

Mars, from a Mandi Astrology Series

Sanju (Indian, active late 1700s–early 1800s), 1805

Farhad Kills Himself After Hearing the False News of Shirin’s Death

Amar Das Bhatti (Indian, active 1800s), 1805

Taurus, from a "Mandi Astrology Series"

Sanju (Indian, active late 1700s–early 1800s), 1805

Sakhi persuades Radha to meet Krishna, from a Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherd) of Jayadeva

Purkhu (Indian, 1750–1860), 1815