Asian Art Quiz 2
Jahangir preferring Sufi shaykhs to Kings
(1615-18) artist Bichitr
Shah-Jahan receives his three eldest sons and Asaf Khan during his accession ceremonies
(8 March 1628) Artist Bichitr, c. 1630
Akbar's barefoot pilgrimage to the shrine of Selim Chisti in Ajmer
(c. 1590-95), composition by Basawan, coloring by Ikhlas, portraits by Nanha
Akbar ordering the construction of Fatehpur Sikri
(c. 1590-95), composition by Tulsi, coloring by Bandi, portraits by Madhu Khord
Rejoicing for the birth of Prince Selim
(c.1590), portraits by Basavana
Abul Fazl presenting the Akbar-nama to the Emperor Akbar
(c.1604), artist Govardhan
Akbar meeting various learned men
(c.1605), artist Basavana.
Jahangir with a portrait of Akbar
(c.1615), artist Abu'l Hasan
Jahangir's Dream
(c.1618), artist Abu'l Hasan
Jahangir entertains Shah Abbas
(c.1618), unsigned
Double Dome of the Humayun's Tomb
, Delhi
A Sufi Sage
After the European Personification of Melancholia (Dolor), 1615. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper. Artist Farrukh Beg.
Tomb of Itimad al-Dawla
Agra, completed 1627-28 Built by Nur Jahan for both her parents, but commonly associated with her father Itimad al-Daula
Jahangir Receives Prince Khurram
Ajmer, April 1616 c. 1633-35, attributed to artist Abid, from the Windsor Padshahnama
Siege of Chitor
Akbarnama page, c. 1590-95. composition by Miskin; painting by Sarwan
Akbar Taming the Mad Elephant Hawai.
Akbarnama, ca. 1590-95: By Basawan with Chitra.
Fatehpur Sikri
Constructed by Akbar during the 1570s
Humayun's Tomb
Delhi Architect: Mirak Mirza Ghiyas Ordered by Haji Begum and Akbar, 1562-1571 56 Cells containing 100 gravestones Plinth: 6.5 m tall, 99 m wide, monument 42.5 m tall. Garden in which the square is set is 348 sq m.
Charbagh Gardens
Humayun's Tomb, View from Tomb's Raised Plinth overlooking
Mother and the child with a white cat
c. 1598, attributed to artist Manohar
Nur Jahan Holding a Portrait of the Emperor Jahangir
c. 1627, attributed to artist Bishandas
Jahangir and Prince Khurram Entertained by Nur Jahan
ca. 1640-50
Shalimar Gardens
on the banks of Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir, completed in 1619 Built by Jahangir along with his son prince Khurram for his wife Nur Jahan
Shah Jahan Riding a Stallion
artist: Payag, the Mughal court at Agra, ca. 1628, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, from the Kevorkian Album in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jahangir Receives Prince Khurram at Ajmer on His Return from the Mewar Campaign
Page from the Windsor Padshahnama (Shah Jahan's commission), artist Balchand, ca. 1635
Dolor
Raphael Sadeler I (Netherlandish, Antwerp, After Maerten de Vos)., c.1560, Engraving
Frontispiece
Royal Antwerp Polyglot Bible (1578), published by Christopher Plantain
Emperor's Stone Seat
Shalimar Bagh, Dal Lake, Kashmir, 1619
Nur Jahan's Pavilion
Shalimar Bagh, Dal Lake, Kashmir, 1619
The Death of Khan Jahan Lodi
artist Abid, c. 1633, from the Windsor Padshahnama
Nasiri Khan Directing the Siege of Qandahar, May 1631
artist Payag, c. 1633 The Padshahnama (Tales of the Emperor): illustrations from circa 1630s-50s; text from 1657
