Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Mughal School of Miniature Painting

Question:

Where is the painting 'Princes of the House of Timur by Abd us Samad' currently housed?

Options:

San Diego Museum of Art in California

Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna

British Museum, London

National Museum, New Delhi, India

Correct Answer:

British Museum, London

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 3- British Museum, London.

Princes of the House of Timur by Abd us Samad, created around 1545–50 is housed in the British Museum, London.

When we look at an extraordinary Mughal painting from the early period, Princes of the House of Timur (1545–50), probably by Safavid artist, Abd us Samad, in opaque watercolour on cotton, we are surprised by its size and complex structure and display of historical portraits. A prized possession of the imperial family, it has portraits that were painted over the original to register the portraits of successive members of the Mughal dynasty. So, visible in their physical likeness are portraits of Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan painted subsequently over those painted during the reign of Humayun.