History of India . t of Indian painting. Jahangir, who was,by his own account, very fond of pictures and anexcellent judge of them, is recorded to have had apicture of the Madonna behind a curtain, and this pic-ture is represented in a contemporary painting whichhas fortunately been preserved. Tavemier saw on agate outside Agra a representation of Jahangirs tomb carved with a great black paU with many torches ofwhite wax, and two Jesuit Fathers at the end, andadds that Shah Jahan allowed this to remain because his father and himself had learnt from the Jesuitssome principles of mathematics and
History of India . t of Indian painting. Jahangir, who was,by his own account, very fond of pictures and anexcellent judge of them, is recorded to have had apicture of the Madonna behind a curtain, and this pic-ture is represented in a contemporary painting whichhas fortunately been preserved. Tavemier saw on agate outside Agra a representation of Jahangirs tomb carved with a great black paU with many torches ofwhite wax, and two Jesuit Fathers at the end, andadds that Shah Jahan allowed this to remain because his father and himself had learnt from the Jesuitssome principles of mathematics and astrology. TheAugustinian Manrique, who came to inspect the Jesuitmissions in the time of Shah Jahan, found, as we haveseen, the prime minister, Asaf Khan, at Lahore in a 134 AUEANGZIB THE PUEITAJST EMPEROE palace decorated with pictures of Christian saints. Inmost Moghul portraits, the head of the emperor is sur-rounded by an aureole or nimbus, and many other fea-tures in the schools of paiatiag at Agra and Delhi. LATTICE IN BATBBOOIU OF SHAH JAHAnS PALACE AT DELHI. remind one of contemporary Italian art. The artistswere held m high favour at court, as we may judgefrom contemporary native accounts in which art isalluded to, and many of their names have been pre-served. Their works added notably to the decoration
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