SCHOOL OF MUTTAM THE 'JAIPUR' PAINTER, HYDERABAD, DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1720

The present painting relates closely to a group which is now in the Jaipur City Museum. The four paintings, also large scale on cloth, depict the seasons and are by the artist Muttam, known until recently as the 'Jaipur' painter (see John Seyller and Jagdish Mittal, Deccani Paintings, Drawings and Manuscripts in the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art, Vol. 1, Hyderabad, 2018, pp. 176-201).