Exhibitions

The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court

September 25, 1981 – January 31, 1982

National Museum of Asian Art Freer Gallery of Art
Jefferson Drive and 12th St., SW
Washington, DC

Galleries 8 & 9

See on Map Floor Plan

Among the 74 paintings on view are works from 1560-1640, considered the most important period of Islamic art in India. Confined mainly to book illustrations and miniatures, the paintings are executed in fine detail in brilliant colors and powdered gold and silver.

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