Paintings were kept in the palace in a dry picture storeroom, piled on stone shelves. They were usually wrapped in cotton bandanas to protect them from insects, dampness, and light. Bundles were ...

14 x 11 cm. (5.5 x 4.3 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

Ruqaya Banu Ruqaya Banu was an artist at the Mughal court during the reign of Emperor Jahangir. She was renowned for creating beautiful paintings that captured the elegance of court life and nature.

“I will give people a list of things to look for in four or five Mughal paintings, and then we’ll talk about these elements that they found,” she says, adding that there is a reason that ...

26 x 17.2 cm. (10.2 x 6.8 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

This major exhibition at the V&A assembles a dizzying array of objects and artwork commissioned by the era’s most famous emperors to tell the story of their dynasty.

The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in which Persian and Hindustani was spoken, and encompassed what today are parts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Highlighting the ...