Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Rajasthani Schools of Painting

Question:

Where is the particular painting of 'Bani Thani' as Radha, painted by Nihal Chand housed?

Options:

Louvre Museum, Paris

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

National Museum, New Delhi

British Museum, London

Correct Answer:

National Museum, New Delhi

Explanation:

Answer: National Museum, New Delhi
The particular painting of Bani Thani as Radha is in the collection of the National Museum, New Delhi.

The exaggerated facial type of Kishangarh, which becomes the distinctive and salient stylistic feature of the Kishangarh School, is believed to have been derived from the attractively sharp facial features of Bani Thani. Artist Nihal Chand is attributed with the credit of contriving this exquisite and characteristic Kishangarh physiognomy that is perceived in figures of Sawant Singh and Bani Thani is always represented as Krishna and Radha in brilliantly coloured, panoramic landscapes. Radha’s face in Bani Thani as Radha is unique in her deeply curved eyes, exaggerated arch of the eyebrows, pointed nose, serpentine curl of hair spiralling down the cheek, thin lips and pronounced chin. This particular painting is in the collection of National Museum, New Delhi.