Medieval India› Mughal Empire
Consider the following statements : a. Humayun brought famous painters Mir Sayyid Ali and Abdus Samad from Iran to Delhi. b. Jahangir's reign is considered as the ‘Golden period of the Mughal painting’. c. During the reign of Jahangir, European painting was introduced at the Mughal court by the Danish merchants. Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect ?
Answer d.
The answer is (d): only statement c is incorrect. European painting reached the Mughal court through Jesuit missionaries and, later, English envoys, not Danish merchants. Humayun spent years in exile at the Safavid court of Iran and brought the painters Mir Sayyid Ali and Abdus Samad back with him. They founded the Mughal atelier, so statement a is correct. Jahangir had a keen eye for nature, portraits and animal studies, and his reign is called the golden period of Mughal painting, so statement b is correct. European art came to the court through Portuguese Jesuit missions, which brought prints and paintings to Akbar's court, and Jahangir collected such works. Sir Thomas Roe, the English envoy, also presented European pictures. Danish merchants had no such role, so statement c is incorrect.
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