Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c11.73

c11.73

The British Museum has a "Babar-nama" from Akbar's collection illustrated by many of the same artists, and the Maharajah of Jaipur possesses an illustrated "Razm-nama" which is said to have cost Akbar more than £40,000. There are also a few fine works by Akbar's painters in private collections in Europe, but they rarely reach the high-water mark of Mogul pictorial art. Akbar's reign was a period of transition in Indian art, and the good effects of the greatest of the Mogul's interest in painting was not fully apparent until after he had passed away.