Who was the most celebrated and outstanding artist of Sawant Singh of Kishangarh?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
Answer: Nihal Chand
Nihal Chand was the most celebrated and outstanding artist of Sawant Singh.
Sawant Singh’s most celebrated and outstanding artist was Nihal Chand. Nihal Chand worked for Sawant Singh between 1735 and 1757, and composed paintings on Sawant Singh’s poetry that portrayed the theme of divine lovers — Radha and Krishna, in courtly surroundings, often appearing tiny in the vastness and minutiae of their panoramic landscape settings. Kishangarh artists reveled in the depiction of vistas in accentuated colours.