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Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c11.100

Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c11.100

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c11.100

A very interesting incident in the history of Mogul art is revealed in the recent discovery that Indian miniature paintings, brought to Europe about this time, supplied material for a great Dutch master who was a contemporary of Jahangir and Shah Jahan—Rembrandt. Among Rembrandt's pen-and-ink studies collected in the British Museum, the Louvre, and elsewhere, a number have been identified as copies or adapta-