Sahibdin

Sahibdin (fl. 17th century) was an Indian miniature painter of the Mewar school of Rajasthan painting. He was one of the dominant painters of the era, and one of the few whose name is still known today. Sahibdin was a muslim, but that kept neither his Hindu patrons from employing him, nor him from composing Hindu-themed works of great value.

Among his surviving works are a series of musically themed "ragamala" from 1628; a series on the scriptural text Bhagavata-Purana from 1648; and illustrations to the sixth book of the Hindu epic Ramayana – the "Yuddha Kanda" – from 1652. [cite web | url = http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9390520/Sahibdin | title = Sahibdin | publisher = Britannica Concise | author = | date = | accessdate = 2008-01-31] His style can be seen to continue the figure style of the Gujarati era, while also incorporating new elements, like mountainous terrains, from Mughal art. [cite book | first = Partha | last = Mitter | authorlink = | title = Indian Art | edition = | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = | year = 2001 | page= pp. 146-7 | id = ISBN 0192842218 | url = ]

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