Chand Bibi, with two court ladies
1800
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1800
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Chand Bibi, with two court ladies is a 1800 paint by Unknown, a Patna School of Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Here’s the painting: three women on horseback in soft light. The woman in front wears a fine veil and holds a hawk. Chand Bibi is always shown hawking, even though she died long before the artist was born. This is a Company painting, made for British buyers in India around 1800. Artists blended Indian styles with European touches to please foreign tastes. Look for more like it at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This Company painting from around 1800 depicts Chand Bibi, wife of Ali Adil Shah I of Bijapur, accompanied by two court ladies engaged in a hunt with cheetahs. The scene includes a distant procession featuring elephants, horses, and additional figures. It is one of ten works illustrating festivals.
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