Observe the image and answer the following question.
Identify this Deccani painting and its painter.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Sultan Adil Shah II playing Tambura by Farrukh Beg
The painting shows the Sultan seated with a tambura: it is Sultan Adil Shah II playing Tambura by Farrukh Beg, made at Bijapur. Dancing before Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah is a Golconda painting of a dance at court.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Deccani Schools of Painting …In the plateau region of southern India, beyond the Vindhya mountain range, an endearing school of painting, which was distinct and strong, was nurtured and expanded under various Sultans of the Deccan in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.”
“Sultan Adil Shah II playing Tambura, Farrukh Beg, Bijapur, 1595–1600, National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic” “Golconda School of Painting …Dancing before Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, Golconda, 1590. British Museum, London, UK” |
