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Article: Company paintings of the Taj Mahal and Agra.
- Article from:
- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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The Mughal emperors Akbar the Great, Jahangir (r. 1605-1627), and Shah Jahan (Pl. III), the builder of the Taj Mahal, ruled India during the golden age of the empire, and all were sophisticated patrons of the arts. (1) They supported generations of painters, musicians, jewelers, and silversmiths who worked for the court. In the middle of the eighteenth century, as the British presence in India expanded, the power of the Mughal court waned, and court patronage of the arts declined. Indian painters sought work wherever they could find it, and many offered their talents to British patrons. In the early nineteenth century Indian artists adapted their skills to the desires of ...
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