A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c20.s1.60

c20.s1.60

The pictures, executed about 1570 or a little later, in the early Indo-Persian style, without any shading, are the earliest known examples of the Indo-Persian school. The winged angels are a clear proof that European pictures were studied. One scene is called the ‘Annunciation’ by the local guides, who may be right in their identification. The purely Chinese form of the personage supposed to be Buddha is equally clear proof that Chinese models were imitated, and the foliage decorations have a Japanese look. Akbar’s taste in art, as in religion, was eclectic, and he delighted in foreign notions of all sorts.