Paintings and patrons of the Golconda School. Arrange the following in the order in which they took place.
(A) Muhammad Ali paints Poet in a Garden.
(B) Large Golconda paintings, up to eight feet high, are made as wall hangings.
(C) Dutch merchants carry portraits of the Golconda sultans to Europe.
(D) Dancing before Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah is painted.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (D), (A), (B), (C)
(D) Dancing before Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah is painted. — First. This Golconda painting is dated 1590.
(A) Muhammad Ali paints Poet in a Garden. — Second. It is dated 1605–1615.
(B) Large Golconda paintings, up to eight feet high, are made as wall hangings. — Third. These earlier paintings are dated 1635–1650.
(C) Dutch merchants carry portraits of the Golconda sultans to Europe. — Fourth. This happened in the late seventeenth century.
NCERT (2026-27): “Golconda School of Painting …Golconda’s art became popular as Dutch merchants carried the portraits of sultans in the late seventeenth century to Europe. These were probably done for the bazaar and had references to royal paintings. The earlier Golconda paintings, dated 1635–1650, at times as large as eight feet high, were made to be used as wall hangings. These paintings are covered with pictorial designs, generally, figures in architectural settings of varied origin.…” “Dancing before Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, Golconda, 1590. British Museum, London, UK” “Poet in a Garden, Muhammad Ali, Golconda, 1605–1615, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA” |