Indian old paintings

BY BHAVANI SHANKAR, INDIA, BIKANER, DATED VS 1811/1754 AD

The name Chandbali comprises two words-Chand refers “moon” and Bali is “earrings”. With the crescent moon shape as the main element of design, the chandbali earrings are set intricately with crystals and fringed with tiny pearls. From the early iterations of Rajasthan's royal Rajput dynasties to Hyderabad's Nizams, the presence of chandbali earrings can be traced back to the early rulers. 'One needs to be an Indian woman, born and bred in the great tradition,to realise the sense of power…

A portrait of a Tamil women, bedecked in traditional jewellery and sari.

After Failure by Vasily Vereshchagin, 1868 Joseph Wright of Derby Portrait of Mrs. Robert Gwilym 1766 José Benlliure y Gil Rest in Progress 1876 От http://shakypigment.tumblr.com/ Illustration by Cheri Herouard For La Vie Parisienne 1920 От http://hoodoothatvoodoo.tumblr.com/ THE PRODIGIOUS…

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Old Indian Master.. Raja Ravi Varma (1848 - 1906)

ohn has painted figures, landscapes, still life and anything that he found interesting in all mediums