Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Mughal School of Miniature Painting

Question:

Match the paintings in List- I with its artist in List- II

List- I (Painting)

List- II (Artist)

(A) Jahangir in Darbar

(I) Bichitra

(B) Dara Shikoh with Sages in a Garden

(II) Basawan

(C) The Marriage Procession of Dara Shikoh

(III) Abul Hasan and Manohar

(D) Madonna and Child

(IV) Haji Madni

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
(2) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
(3) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(4) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)

Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

2

Explanation:

The painting ‘Jahangir in Darbar’ from Jahangirnama (now, dispersed), attributed to Abul Hasan and Manohar (1620) is an excellent painting. The painting is currently housed in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

The painting "Dara Shikoh with Sages in a Garden," created by Bichitra in the early seventeenth century, is housed in the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin.

The painting "The Marriage Procession of Dara Shikoh", by Haji Madni is in the collection of the National Museum, New Delhi, India.

"Madonna and Child" by Basawan, created in 1590, is housed at the San Diego Museum of Art in California.