Indian Painting under the Mughals, A.D. 1550 to A.D. 1750 c15.20.4

c15.20.4

As it was executed before Bihzad’s date it is probable that the latter was one of Khalil Mirza’s pupils, and had adopted his style.’ This statement indicates more than an ordinary interest in the painting of the past—on this occasion, and on others, the names of the great Persian artists roll off his tongue with a fluency begotten of experience, and he praises their skill, or compares their styles, with the assurance of a finished student of the art of painting.