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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> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||