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Masterworks of Indian Painting I

December 31, 1997 - June 14, 1998

Museum: Freer Gallery of Art

Location: Gallery 18

On view is a changing selection of 16th- through 19th-century Indian paintings from the Mughal dynasty (1526-1858) and the Rajput courts, who controlled northern and western India between the 17th and 19th centuries. Objects include a Persian translation of the Ramayana of Valmiki, pages from the St. Petersburg Album, a throne panel, a page from Chawand, an incense burner, and a page from Kavi Priva of Keshav Das, among others.