London's Portrait Gallery showcases Mughal art
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London's National Portrait Gallery has mounted an exhibition, running till June, titled The Indian Portrait offering 60 portraits painted between 1560 and 1860 --- of Mughal emperors, holy men, courtiers and Europeans living in India -- drawn from collections in the US and Europe. 
Says Sandy Nairne, the director of gallery: 'These beautiful paintings offer glimpses into the cultures that have flourished in the Indian subcontinent, as well as authoritative images of captivating individuals living through the 300-year span of the exhibition. These exquisite depictions are wrought with dazzling skill and technical brilliance - as vivid likenesses of people, their surroundings and often radiant costumes. However formal the pose or setting, here are people brought to life with utter conviction.'
Image: The vina player Naubat Khan Kalawant
Photographs: The Trustees of the British Museum
London's National Portrait Gallery showcases Indian art
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Image: Jahangir receiving Prince Khurram at Ajmer
Photographs: Royal Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
London's National Portrait Gallery showcases Indian art
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Image: A group of courtesans
Photographs: San Diego Museum of Art
London's National Portrait Gallery showcases Indian art
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Image: Raja Balwant Singh of Jasrota looking at a painting
Photographs: Museum Rietberg Zurich
London's National Portrait Gallery showcases Indian art
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Image: Ram Rao Phalke
Photographs: San Diego Museum of Art
London's National Portrait Gallery showcases Indian art
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Image: Banda Bundelkhand, by Uday Ram
Photographs: Claudio Moscatelli
London's National Portrait Gallery showcases Indian art
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Image: Seth Manekchand, a wealthy merchant
Photographs: Claudio Moscatelli
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