Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Mughal School of Miniature Painting

Question:

Look at the image and answer the following questions.

Where is this painting stored?

Options:

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Gallery of Art Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, U. S. A.

National Museum of Modern Art, New Delhi

Correct Answer:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

The painting shown is Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan from a dispersed Harivamsa Purana is attributed to Miskin.

Krishna Lifts Mount Govardhan from a dispersed Harivamsa Purana is attributed to Miskin (1585–90). It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Harivamsa Purana is one of the many Sanskrit manuscripts, which were translated into Persian by the Mughals. This painting is on a theme from Harivamsa. Badauni, a scholar noble in the court of Akbar, was assigned the job of translating this volume on Lord Krishna into Persian. Hari or Lord Krishna lifted the mountain, Govardhan, with all creatures dwelling therein with the intention to protect them — the villagers and their livestock, who were his followers, from torrential rain sent by another powerful God Indra. Hari uses the mountain like a huge umbrella, under which the entire village takes refuge.