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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> | ||
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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).[1] 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.[2] He arrived in Kishangarh between 1719 and 1726.[3]
Gallery
Raja Savant Singh and Bani Thani as Krishna and Radha, ca. 1760.
Radha and Krishna in the boat of love
Krishna and Radha, Opaque watercolor and gold on cotton, ca 1750.
Krishna Celebrates Holi with Radha and the Gopis, 1750–60, Boston MFA
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References
- ↑ Harle, 395-396 (395 quoted); Kossak, 21, 113
- ↑ "Radha and Krishna in the boat of love - Nihal Chand". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ↑ Kossak, 21
- 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
- Kishangarh Miniatures - In Quest Of Divine Love
- Kossak, Steven (1997). Indian court painting, 16th-19th century. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 0870997831. (see index: p. 148-152; plate 56, 70)
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