Nur Jahan on a terrace with attendants
| Support Type: | Paper |
| Paint Type: | Watercolor |
| Current Location: | The painting was recorded to have been in Venice,Italy in 1894 but later moved to auction houses like Sotheby\'s in 2015 and Christie\'s and is now at a private collection. |
| Location History: | It was created in the mughal court in 1740 and was later brought to Venice,Italy in 1894 but later moved to auction houses like Sotheby's in 2015 and Christie's and is now at a private collection. |
Nur Jahan on a terrace with attendants" is a beautiful Mughal miniature painting by Nidha Mal, a Mughal court artist known for his elegant and refined painting style. This painting shows Nur Jahan, the most powerful and influential woman in Mughal history, standing on a terrace with a hookah pipe in hand and the hookah being held by an attendant. Nidha has painted the attire of the royal lady beautifully with an utterly realistic transparent veil which is difficult to achieve in painting but Nidha has done done so skillfully and flawlessly. She is standing on a marble terrace in royal,luxurious robe with golden and red stripes on it and a transparent veil with expensive pearl and gold jewellery. Behind her stands a female attendant holding a hookah in her hand,dressed in a green robe. The terrace has a view of a charbagh style garden with geometric pathways,with a tranquil river flowing with small boats floating in the river with lush green forests besides it. The sky is painted dramatically with clouds of dark grey and black colour in a swirling shape. Nidha Mal has used precise fine brushwork in deatiling and bright,rich colours show the royal mugha art style. This artwork celebrates Nur Jahan's power, beauty and authority while capturing mughal grandeur and royalty.