Baz Bahadur and Rupmati

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting Baz Bahadur, ruler of Malwa (1554-1570) riding by moonlight with the poetess Rupmati, his lover. In a wooded pastureland, with four buildings in the distance, the lovers ride towards the right on horses, the Sultan's grey and Rupmati's white.

Kind

artefact

Date

1700–1799 CE