Nanha (painter)

Nanha (Persian: <bdi>نانها</bdi>, Nānhā; ), also called Nanah or Nana, was an Indian painter and illuminator of the Mughal era, active during the reigns of emperors Akbar the Great, Jahangir and Shah Jahan.

Selected works

• Illustrations in a MS. of the Dārābz-nāma ('Story of Darab'), (London, BL, Or. MS. 4615);
• Illustrations in a MS. of the Razm-nāma ('Books of war'), 1582–6 (Jaipur, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, MS. AG. 1683–1850);
• Illustrations for a translation of the Mahābhārata commissioned by Akbar;
• Illustrations in a MS. of the TārÄ«kh-i Khāndān-i TÄ«mÅ«riyya ('History of the house of Timur'), (Bankipur, Patna, Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library);
• Illustrations, including portraits, in the Victoria and Albert Akbarnama ('History of Akbar'), (London, Victoria & Albert Museum, MS. IS. 2–1896);
• One painting (attributed) in Akbar's copy of the DÄ«vān ('collected poems') of Anvari, 1588 (Cambridge, MA, Sackler Museum, MS. 1960.117.15)
• Four illustrations in a MS. of the Khamsa ('Five poems') of Nizami, 1595 (London, BL, Or. MS. 12208, fols 63v, 159r, and 305v)
• Signed work (Baltimore, MD, Walters Art Museum, MS. W.613, fol. 16v);
• Painting in a MS. of the JahāngÄ«r-nāma ('History of Jahangir'), (London, Victoria & Albert Museum, MS. IS. 185–1984), includes a self-portrait (shown above right);
• Portrait of Zulfiqar Khan in the Minto Album, (London, Victoria & Albert Museum);
• Portrait of Sayf Khan Barha (New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 55.121.10.4v);
• Perils of the Hunt (Free Library of Philadelphia), painted atypically on silk, exemplifies Nanha's penchant for ravening lions.

See also

• Mughal painting
• Muraqqa

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