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Nihâl Chand (1710–1782) was an Indian painter and poet who produced some of the best known examples of Rajput painting. He was the chief painter at the court of Kishangarh during the time of the ruler Savant Singh (also known as Nagari Das). He is attributed with a small group of paintings in a distinctive style, produced for Raja Savant Singh, and mostly depicting the king and
File:7_attrib_to_Nihal_Chand_Raja_Savant_Singh_and_Bani_Thani_as_Krishna_and_Radha_Artwork_ca_1760_Fine_Arts_Museums_of_San_Francisco.jpg, Raja Savant Singh and Bani Thani as Krishna and Radha, ca. 1760.
File:Radha and Krishna in the boat of love - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Radha and Krishna in the boat of love''
File:Maker_unknown%2C_India_-_Krishna_and_Radha_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg, Krishna and Radha, Opaque watercolor and gold on cotton, ca 1750.
File:3 Nichal Chand (attr) Krishna Celebrates Holi with Radha and the Gopis 1750-60 Boston MFA.jpg, ''Krishna Celebrates Holi with Radha and the Gopis'', 1750–60, Boston MFA
Bani Thani
* Harle, J.C., ''The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent'', 2nd edn. 1994, Yale University Press Pelican History of Art,
* (see index: p. 148-152; plate 56, 70)
Rajput culture 1710 births 1782 deaths People from Ajmer district 18th-century Indian painters Miniature painting Indian male painters Painters from Rajasthan {{India-artist-stub
Nihâl Chand (1710–1782) was an Indian painter and poet who produced some of the best known examples of Rajput painting. He was the chief painter at the court of Kishangarh during the time of the ruler Savant Singh (also known as Nagari Das). He is attributed with a small group of paintings in a distinctive style, produced for Raja Savant Singh, and mostly depicting the king and Bani Thani
Bani Thani was a singer and poet in Kishangarh in the time of Raja Sawant Singh (1748–1764), whose mistress she became. After he abdicated the throne the couple retired to a comfortable life in Vrindavan, a place associated with the life of Kri ...
as Krishna and Radha
Radha ( sa, राधा, ), also called Radhika, is a Hindu goddess and the chief consort of the god Krishna. She is worshiped as the goddess of love, tenderness, compassion, and devotion. She is the avatar of goddess Lakshmi and is also de ...
respectively. These are "widely held to be the finest of all Rajasthani miniatures", and are unusually large for their type, reaching 19 by 14 inches (48 x 36 cm). He was a devout follower of Vallabha who had founded a Krishna-centric philosophy that surfaces repeatedly in his paintings as he signifies the deity with light blue skin. He arrived in Kishangarh between 1719 and 1726.Kossak, 21
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Bani Thani
* Harle, J.C., ''The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent'', 2nd edn. 1994, Yale University Press Pelican History of Art,
* (see index: p. 148-152; plate 56, 70)
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Rajput culture 1710 births 1782 deaths People from Ajmer district 18th-century Indian painters Miniature painting Indian male painters Painters from Rajasthan {{India-artist-stub