MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

The large tree with its dense foliage and naturalistically rendered curved branches set against the dramatic gold and blue skyline depicted in our present work show clear influence from European prints which circulated at the Mughal court during the 17th Century. For a depiction of a similar noble on a terrace attributed to the Mughal artist Chhajmal and dated to circa 1690 see Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian Miniatures in the India Office Library, London, 1981, no. 134ii.