[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c18.103 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c18.103 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c18.103 - **Language:** English ### [c18.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c18.103) ‘The architect of those structures was a Venetian, named Jerome Veroneo, who went to those parts in the ships from Portugal, and died in the city of Laòr \[Lahore\] shortly before my arrival. Emperor Corrombo \[= Khurram = Shahjahān\] gave him large salaries; but it is thought that he profited so badly by them that when he died, they say Father Joseph de Castro, of the \[Jesuit\] Society, a Lombard by birth, found on him much less than was imagined.’ - [Previous: c18.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c18.102) - [Next: c18.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c18.104) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c18.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c18.103) · Pramāṇa