Observe the image and answer the following question.
To which school of painting does this painting belong?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Bikaner
Option (1) Kishangarh — Incorrect. Kishangarh painting is known for elongated figures, lavish green and Radha and Krishna in panoramic landscapes, as in Nihal Chand’s work.
Option (2) Jodhpur — Incorrect. Jodhpur painting of Man Singh’s reign is seen in Dana’s Chaugan Players, not in this work.
Option (3) Bikaner — Correct. Krishna playing Flute surrounded by Cows is a Bikaner painting of 1777.
Option (4) Bundi — Incorrect. Bundi is seen in works such as Ashwin from a Baramasa set of the seventeenth century, not in this painting.
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Krishna playing Flute surrounded by Cows, Bikaner, 1777, National Museum, New Delhi |
