Curated palette
Saffron artworks
83,473–83,520 of 136,058 saffron works · most celebrated first
Man Dhata in Yogi Position
Maharaja Abhai Singh of Marwar (reigned 1724–49), Equestrian, Watching Girls Swinging at the Teej Festival
Maharana Jagat Singh II Hunting
Todi Ragini, from a Ragamala Series
Draupadi Rescued from Abduction, from a Mahabharata
The Sentiment of Peace: Sama Rasa, from a Rasikapriya
Death of Paolo and Francesca
Abduction of Rukmini: Krishna Tied the Hands of Rukma, from a Bhagavata Purana
Jatayu hinders Ravana’s chariot, trying to prevent the abduction of Sita (recto), from a Kalighat album
Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan, from a Bhagavata Purana
Women Play Music for Radha and Krishna: Chitrini Nayika, from a Rasikapriya
Royal Elephant Ramkali with a Mahout
Ghatotkacha and three demons in his company chase Bhagadatta, from Bhishma-parva (volume six) of a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614)
Shamsa (sunburst) with portrait of Aurangzeb (1618–1707), from the Emperor's Album (the Kevorkian Album)
Women Enjoying the River at the Forest’s Edge (recto)
The Holy Family
Portrait of Hafiz Abd al-Rahim Khan
Princess Smoking a Hookah (as Salabhanjika)
The Mutiny of the Heroine Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi
The Marriage of Rukmini [Mangal]
Illustration of the Mahabharata
Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719–1748) holding a falcon (recto)
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling floral vines
Krishna Stealing Curds
Portrait of Nicolas Mignard (1606-1668)
Two Elephants Fighting in a Courtyard Before Muhammad Shah
Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020) (verso)
Court lady singing and playing the vina (recto)
Man Dyeing Cloth
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess (recto)
Court Lady Pouring Wine (recto); Calligraphy of Lyrical Quatrains (verso)
Text of Rustam and Suhrab, from the Shah-nama of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020) (verso)
Divine couple seated in a lotus blossom
Baby Krishna Asking for Butter from Yashoda, from a Kalighat album
Shakyamuni Triad: Buddha Attended by Manjushri and Samantabhadra
Virahini Nayika, Love-Torn Heroine
Women bathing before an architectural panorama
A princess on a terrace with attendants at night (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto); calligraphy of a quatrain (verso)
Flowering Marigold (verso)
Text of Rustam and Suhrab, from the Shah-nama of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020) (recto)
Two Women Pluck Flowers on a Terrace: Gunakali Ragini, from a Ragamala
The Dream of Zuleykha
Three Musicians Perform Before a King: Shri Raga, from a Ragamala
From Dohras (Songs) 40 and 42 from the Kitab-i Nauras (Book of Nine Essences) of Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur (r. 1580–1627) (recto)
Prince and ascetics, from the Late Shah Jahan Album
The Lover Leaves Wistfully in the Morning after a Passionate Tryst: Lalit Ragini, from a Ragamala
Brahma Hides the Cowherds and the Calves in the Cave, page from a Bhagavata Purana