Observe the image and answer the following question.
This is a Deccani painting. Which influence is reflected in the plants and dense landscape in its foreground?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Native influence
Option (1) Chinese influence — Incorrect. Chinese clouds belong to Composite Horse from Golconda, not to this painting.
Option (2) Mughal influence — Incorrect. A reference to Mughal painting is seen in the Golconda portrait of Muhammad Qutb Shah, not in this landscape.
Option (3) Persian influence — Incorrect. In this painting Persian influence is seen in the horse and the rocks, not in the plants.
Option (4) Native influence — Correct. In Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II hawking, the plants and dense landscape of the foreground are of native inspiration.
NCERT (2026-27): “Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II hawking This is a painting of extraordinary energy and sensibility. … Persian influence is evident in the treatment of the horse and rocks. The plants and dense landscape in the foreground are of native inspiration. The galloping horse generates energy, which visually activates the entire panoramic landscape.”
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