Mughal miniatures originated in the 16th century under Emperor Akbar's reign. They served as visual records of historical ...

The Benkaim collection will augment the museum’s strong but numerically limited holdings in Mughal painting. Quintanilla said she met Catherine Benkaim, who publishes her writings as Catherine Glynn, ...

Christie's London auction achieved a world record for a Classical Indian painting, selling for £10.2 million. The event ...

For centuries in the Islamic world, books have been treasured as precious objects worthy of royal admiration. This was especially true for India’s Mughal emperors, who reigned over a vast and wealthy ...

A rare Mughal-era miniature by Akbar’s favourite artist Basawan, 'A Family of Cheetahs in a Rocky Landscape' (circa 1575-80), ...

Emperor Akbar’s favourite artists, Basawan, has set a new record for the most expensive classical Indian artwork sold at auction.

"At its peak, the Mughal Empire stretched from Kabul in the northwest and covered most of the South Asian subcontinent. Descendants of Timur (Tamerlane), the Mughal emperors ruled over the land from ...

These phantasmagorical images from the book Flora and Fauna in Mughal Art depict 16th-18th century patchwork amalgams of man and beast made of smaller creatures. These creatures are like the aesthetic ...

A tiny Indian painting from the 16th century measuring 29.8 cm in height and 18.6 cm in width has been sold for a ...

Considered one of the earliest natural history studies in Mughal art, the painting is a study of cheetahs in the wild in ...