Abd al-Samad
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'Abd al-Ṣamad or Khwaja 'Abd-us-Ṣamad Shirazi, was a 16th century painter of Persian miniatures who moved to India and became one of the founding masters of the Mughal miniature tradition, and later t
Barbad Plays for Khusraw, Khamsa of Nizami, British Library, Oriental 2265, 1539–43, inscribed Mirza Ali at bottom left.
The earliest known example of a Mughal painting, Princes of the House of, Timur (c. 1550–55), is attributed to Abd al-Samad. It was probably executed for Humayun, and added to under later emperors to update the family tree. Painted with gouache and gold on fine cotton fabric. British Museum
Jamshid writing on a rock, by Abd al-Samad in 1588
Arghan Div Brings the Chest of Armour to Hamza, from Volume 7 of the Hamzanama, supervised by Samad.
Mughal painting
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Mughal painting is a style of miniature painting, used as either book illustrations or as single works to be kept in albums, which originated during the Mughal period in the Indian subcontinent. It or
Abd al-Samad
…Persian: خواجه عبدالصمد شیرازی), was a 16th century painter of Persian miniatures who moved to India and became one of the founding masters of the Mughal miniature tradition, and later the holder of a number of senior administrative roles. 'Abd's career under the Mughals, from about 1550 to 1595, is relatively…
Govardhan, Emperor Jahangir visiting the ascetic Jadrup, c. 1616–1620
The Emperor Shah Jahan standing on a globe, with a halo and European-style putti, c. 1618–19 to 1629
Abul Hasan, Emperor Jahangir at the Jharoka window of the Agra Fort, c. 1620, Aga Khan Museum
Nilgai by Ustad Mansur (fl. 1590–1624), who specialized in birds and animal studies for albums