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India: Bani Thani, 'Lady of Fashion', a famous Rajasthani painting of the Kishangarh school sometimes called 'India's Mona Lisa'. Miniature painting by Nihâl Chand (1710-1782), c. 1750s. Kishangarh Painting emerged as a distinctive style in the middle of the 18th century under the patronage of Maharaja Sawant Singh. Nihal Chand, a gifted artist in the Maharaja's court, produced some highly individualistic and sophisticated works. The chief characteristics of the Kishangarh paintings were the elongation of human faces, lavish use of green and depiction of panoramic landscapes.
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