INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Which among the following Hindu Painters was sent by Jahangir to portrait Shah Abbas-I of Persia ? Notes: Bishandas was a 17th-century portrait painter at the court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. Jahangir praised him as “unrivalled in the art of portraiture”.

Detailed explanation-2: -Provenance research underway. This brilliantly executed painting from the St. Petersburg album is one of several allegorical representations of Jahangir by Abu’l Hasan, one of the finest painters of the imperial atelier.

Detailed explanation-3: -Q. Who among the following painters was sent to Persia by Mughal emperor Jahangir to draw portraits of Shah Abbas for Mughal Album ? Notes: In 1613 AD, Bishandas was sent on a diplomatic mission to Persia by Mughal emperor Jahangir, to paint the Shah Abbas’s portrait for Mughal Album.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bishandas was a 17th-century portrait painter at the court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. In 1613 he was sent to Persia to paint the Shah’s portrait.

Detailed explanation-5: -Abu’l Hasan painted this scene portraying the two rulers – Jahangir and the Safavid Shah Abbas – in friendly embrace.