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			== Further reading ==
	* [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/51852/Bani-Thani Bani Thani]		* [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/51852/Bani-Thani Bani Thani]
	* Harle, J.C., ''The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent'', 2nd edn. 1994, Yale University Press Pelican History of Art, {{ISBN\|0300062176}}		* Harle, J.C., ''The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent'', 2nd edn. 1994, Yale University Press Pelican History of Art, {{ISBN\|0300062176}}

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	[[File:4 Radha (Bani Thani), Kishangarh, ca. 1750, National Museum New Delhi.jpg\|alt=Bani Thani as Radha, ca. 1750\|right\|thumb\|[[Bani Thani]], attributed to Nihâl Chand, [[National Museum, New Delhi]]]]		[[File:4 Radha (Bani Thani), Kishangarh, ca. 1750, National Museum New Delhi.jpg\|alt=Bani Thani as Radha, ca. 1750\|right\|thumb\|[[Bani Thani]], attributed to Nihâl Chand, [[National Museum, New Delhi]]]]
	[[File:Nihâl Chand 001.jpg\|thumb\|220px\|An 18th century [[Rajput painting]] by Nihâl Chand.]]		[[File:Nihâl Chand 001.jpg\|thumb\|220px\|An 18th century [[Rajput painting]] by Nihâl Chand.]]
	'''Nihâl Chand''' (1710–1782) was an Indian painter and poet who produced some of the best known examples of [[Rajput painting]]. He was the chief painter at the court of [[Kishangarh]] during the time of the ruler Savant Singh (also known as Nagari Das). He is attributed with a small group of paintings in a distinctive style, produced for Raja Savant Singh, and mostly depicting the raja and his mistress [[Bani Thani]] as [[Krishna]] and [[Radha]]. These are "widely held to be the finest of all Rajasthani miniatures", and are unusually large for their type, reaching 19 by 14 inches (48 x 36 cm).<ref>Harle, 395-396 (395 quoted); Kossak, 21, 113</ref> He was a devout follower of [[Vallabha]] who had founded a Krishna-centric philosophy that surfaces repeatedly in his paintings as he deifies the king with light blue skin.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/radha-and-krishna-in-the-boat-of-love-nihal-chand/FgEEOnrrqsn9OA\|title=Radha and Krishna in the boat of love - Nihal Chand\|website=Google Arts & Culture\|language=en\|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref>		'''Nihâl Chand''' (1710–1782) was an Indian painter and poet who produced some of the best known examples of [[Rajput painting]]. He was the chief painter at the court of [[Kishangarh]] during the time of the ruler Savant Singh (also known as Nagari Das). He is attributed with a small group of paintings in a distinctive style, produced for Raja Savant Singh, and mostly depicting the raja and his mistress [[Bani Thani]] as [[Krishna]] and [[Radha]]. These are "widely held to be the finest of all Rajasthani miniatures", and are unusually large for their type, reaching 19 by 14 inches (48 x 36 cm).<ref>Harle, 395-396 (395 quoted); Kossak, 21, 113</ref> He was a devout follower of [[Vallabha]] who had founded a Krishna-centric philosophy that surfaces repeatedly in his paintings as he deifies the king with light blue skin.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/radha-and-krishna-in-the-boat-of-love-nihal-chand/FgEEOnrrqsn9OA\|title=Radha and Krishna in the boat of love - Nihal Chand\|website=Google Arts & Culture\|language=en\|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> He arrived in Kishangarh between 1719 and 1726.<ref>Kossak, 21</ref>

	~~Chand was a Muslim who had worked in [[Delhi]], though it is not known if this was in the imperial painting workshop.~~ He arrived in Kishangarh between 1719 and 1726.<ref>Kossak, 21</ref>

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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[[File:4 Radha (Bani Thani), Kishangarh, ca. 1750, National Museum New Delhi.jpg|alt=Bani Thani as Radha, ca. 1750|right|thumb|[[Bani Thani]], attributed to Nihâl Chand, [[National Museum, New Delhi]]]]
[[File:Nihâl Chand 001.jpg|thumb|220px|An 18th century [[Rajput painting]] by Nihâl Chand.]]
'''Nihâl Chand''' (1710–1782) was an Indian painter and poet who produced some of the best known examples of [[Rajput painting]]. He was the chief painter at the court of [[Kishangarh]] during the time of the ruler Savant Singh (also known as Nagari Das). He is attributed with a small group of paintings in a distinctive style, produced for Raja Savant Singh, and mostly depicting the raja and his mistress [[Bani Thani]] as [[Krishna]] and [[Radha]]. These are "widely held to be the finest of all Rajasthani miniatures", and are unusually large for their type, reaching 19 by 14 inches (48 x 36 cm).<ref>Harle, 395-396 (395 quoted); Kossak, 21, 113</ref> He was a devout follower of [[Vallabha]] who had founded a Krishna-centric philosophy that surfaces repeatedly in his paintings as he deifies the king with light blue skin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/radha-and-krishna-in-the-boat-of-love-nihal-chand/FgEEOnrrqsn9OA|title=Radha and Krishna in the boat of love - Nihal Chand|website=Google Arts & Culture|language=en|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref>

Chand was a Muslim who had worked in [[Delhi]], though it is not known if this was in the imperial painting workshop. He arrived in Kishangarh between 1719 and 1726.<ref>Kossak, 21</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px">
File:7_attrib_to_Nihal_Chand_Raja_Savant_Singh_and_Bani_Thani_as_Krishna_and_Radha_Artwork_ca_1760_Fine_Arts_Museums_of_San_Francisco.jpg|Raja Savant Singh and Bani Thani as Krishna and Radha, ca. 1760.
File:Radha and Krishna in the boat of love - Google Art Project.jpg|''Radha and Krishna in the boat of love''
File:Maker_unknown%2C_India_-_Krishna_and_Radha_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg|Krishna and Radha, Opaque watercolor and gold on cotton, ca 1750.
File:3 Nichal Chand (attr) Krishna Celebrates Holi with Radha and the Gopis 1750-60 Boston MFA.jpg|''Krishna Celebrates Holi with Radha and the Gopis'', 1750–60, Boston MFA
</gallery>

==References==
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* [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/51852/Bani-Thani Bani Thani]
* Harle, J.C., ''The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent'', 2nd edn. 1994, Yale University Press Pelican History of Art, {{ISBN|0300062176}}
* [http://www.indiaprofile.com/art-crafts/kishangarhminiatures.htm Kishangarh Miniatures - In Quest Of Divine Love]
* {{cite book |author=Kossak, Steven | title=Indian court painting, 16th-19th century. |url=http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15324coll10/id/12335/rec/74 | location=New York | publisher=The Metropolitan Museum of Art | year=1997| isbn=0870997831}} (see index: p. 148-152; plate 56, 70)

==External links==
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* [http://www.davidrumsey.com/amica/amico214220-58138.html Raja Savant Singh and Bani Thani as Krishna and Radha Strolling in a Palace Garden]

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[[Category:Rajput culture]]
[[Category:1710 births]]
[[Category:1782 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Ajmer district]]
[[Category:18th-century Indian painters]]
[[Category:Miniature painting]]
[[Category:Indian male painters]]
[[Category:Painters from Rajasthan]]

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