Baz Bahadur and Rupmati
1770
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1770
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Baz Bahadur and Rupmati is a 1770 paint by Faqirullah, a Mughal Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
In this painting, a man and woman ride side by side on a horse across a moonlit landscape. The woman wears a long, flowing dress. The man holds a bow. The scene glows softly under a pale sky. The lovers are Baz Bahadur and Rupmati, a famous pair from Indian history. Their love story appears often in art from this time. The paint feels smooth, like the artist’s hand moved gently. This work is at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting depicts Baz Bahadur, the Muslim ruler of Malwa from 1555 to 1561, and Rupmati, a Hindu poet and musician, riding side by side at night in a moonlit landscape, accompanied by attendants, one of whom carries a lit torch. Executed in opaque watercolour on paper by Faqirullah in 1770, the work includes a Persian inscription on the border identifying the subjects and artist. Characteristic of the Lucknow style under Shuja ud-daula’s later reign, the miniature reflects the period’s stylistic conventions.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Faqirullah painted delicate scenes of love and history on paper, working in a style that blends Indian and Persian traditions from the late 1700s.
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