Still Life: Bouquet of Flowers Emerging from the Grass Lithographs from India now in the collections of

now in the collections of the Chester Beatty (19 paintings) and the Victoria and Albert Museum (21 paintings)

This piece of art is from the Dara Shikoh album

portraits of the royal family

the Gond king of Deogarh

he was an exceptional general under whose reign the Mughals reached their greatest extent with their territory spanning nearly the entire South Asia

Still Life: Bouquet of Flowers Emerging from the Grass Lithographs from India now in the collections ofThe Rajput Kingdom of Bundi in Rajasthan, Northwestern India, has been given credit for the beginnings of the work, which dates from 1750. A scarlet colored poppy, famous for producing opium, is the central bloom. Since the time of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (160527), studies of flower vases in the European style have become a prominent topic in Indian miniature painting. The artists would recreate Dutch prints in the Mughal style, such as those by