Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Mughal School of Miniature Painting

Question:

Who are the visible portraits in the Mughal painting, Princes of the House of Timur (1545–50)?

1. Portraits of Safavid artists
2. Portraits of Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jahan
3. Portraits of rulers of the Delhi Sultanate
4. Portraits of imperial family members

Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

2

Explanation:

Answer- Portraits of Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jahan

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.