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Prince and Ladies in a Garden

Nidha Mal Indian
mid-18th century
Not on view
This scene of leisure typifies the gracious style of later Mughal painting practiced at provincial centers such as Lucknow in the eighteenth century. Here, a prince and his consort smoke a huqqa, attended by ladies in the pleasant surroundings of a walled palace garden. Nidha Mal, a talented artist of the Delhi-based court of Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (r. 1719–48), later moved to Lucknow, where he continued to paint in the refined and naturalistic Delhi style.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Prince and Ladies in a Garden
  • Artist: Nidha Mal (Indian, active ca. 1735–75)
  • Date: mid-18th century
  • Geography: Made in India, Lucknow
  • Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
  • Dimensions: H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
    W. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
  • Classification: Codices
  • Credit Line: Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund, 2001
  • Object Number: 2001.302
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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