INDIAN MUGHAL MINIATURE ART PAINTING – Mughal Portrait Painting

DESCRIPTION: This beautiful Indian painting " A European" of Mughal Portrait Painting, depicts –

In this painting Akbar was intrigued by the exotic merchant adventures from the west. He first encountered them at Cambay in 1572. A year later during the siege of Surat, a large party of Christian came for an audience with him and was asked to guarantee the safety from pirates of Muslim pilgrims to Arabia. In 1576, Akbar met two Jesuit priests in Bengal with whom he discussed religion, one of his favorite topics.

He tried unsuccessfully to learn more about Christianity a year later, from the commandant of the port at Hugli, a Portuguese trading center in Bengal. In the next year, another such encounter proved unrewarding, and in 1579, he requested that missionaries be sent to court from Goa, the Portuguese center on the west coast. In 1580, fathers Aquaviva, Monserrate, and Henriques came to Fatehpur Sikri "to convert the inhabitants of Mogor."

Abu'l Fazl author of the Akbarnama was asked by Akbar to translate the Gospels. No copy has survived, if indeed the project was completed. Although Akbar is said to have kissed the image of Christ and Mughal artists made Christian paintings at this time, the Jesuits commented "giving the pearl of the gospels to the king was exposing them to be trampled and trodden underfoot." In 1590 and 1594 further misremained in Lahore until 1615.

Although the Jesuits never completely gave up hope of converting Akbar and later Jahangir, Jesuits were not allowed to visit Akbar when he was on his deathbed. This portrait of a European was probably based upon imported prints as well as direct observation. The Christian ladies at worship resemble Hindus bowing before a siviate image, and their shrine recalls contemporary Hindu architecture.

PRODUCT CODE: PABAE026

ARTIST: Award winner artist Mr. Gopal has made this marvelous Indian painting "A European" of Mughal Portrait Painting.

INDIAN PAINTING STYLE: This beautiful handmade miniature art paining"A european" is belongs to the world famous Mughal Portrait Painting.

SIZE: This Mughal Portrait painting is available in twelve various sizes starting from 3 x 4 inch to 48 x 72 inches.

CUSTOMIZE ORDERS: Our master artist can easily make "A European" of Mughal Portrait painting in to any custom made size, you need.

CANVAS: We are using cotton cloth for longer life of "A European" of Mughal Portrait painting.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
COLORS: These vibrant colors used in Indian Painting are natural earth color. Stone colors are just like the water colors made from stones. The artists themselves prepare these to make the gorgeous Indian painting. The raw materials include for example, vegetables and malachite (for green), fruits, mustard oil (for black), soil (for yellow), lime (for white), indigo and lapis lazuli (for blue). In olden days, eggs, gold powder, silver foil, was also used. Burnt wood was used for making the initial sketches. This is a unique method of preparation of colors has been passed down from generations, since hundreds of years ago, when it was discovered. That’s why Indian painting is having prestige in the field of Arts.

PURE GOLD: To make Indian painting precious, we are using 24 carat pure gold at ornaments and dresses in painting, as it was really used by Royal persons in olden days. It is applied with the help of the brush as a color. This unique Indian method to convert gold in to liquid form has been passed down from generations, since hundreds of years ago. So the Indian painting is really precious.

BRUSHES: These special brushes are made from the hair of the tails of squirrels and kittens, hair from the inner ears of sheep. To do miniature work on Indian painting, they also use a very special single hairbrush. This unique Indian painting method of preparation of brushes has been passed down from generations, since hundreds of years ago, when it was discovered. Therefore the Indian painting is having such stunning miniature artwork.

TIME REQUIRED: It all depends on the art work and sizes to be done. Normally it takes 10 to 15 days to make such type Indian painting of miniature artworks. Many times for special & detailed artwork, the time taken extends up to 1 month to 6 months. So, we can’t predict the exact time to make such attractive Indian Painting.

LIQUID IS HARMFUL: It is a harmful situation for water color paintings because the colors used in these paintings can easily dilute in water. It means any washing activity is injurious for artwork. So, you have to save Indian painting from water or any liquid.
If all of sudden some water drop, then you are suggested to with out folding, squeezing or disturbing (means in normal position), put in direct sun light for heating purpose and after drying, bring it back in to shade. For your kind information water can not damage oil paintings.
A simple solution to extend life of your Indian painting is to do framing. We can easily find 300 to 400 years old Indian painting in very good conditions.

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