Hindu school, 19th century

Indian school, 19th century.
"Court scenes".
Gouache on silk.
No signature.
Measurements: 24 x 18 cm; 23 x 15 cm .
The Indian culture has a long tradition within the artistic history, finding among them the Mughal painting developed during the Mughal Empire between the XVIIth and XIXth centuries, period of reign concluded due to the British colonization.
Mughal-style art is characterised by artistic influences from the Persian Empire, the Muslim kingdoms of the Middle East and parts of Western Europe. Its paintings are among the most influential and recognised forms of Indian art, generally confined to miniatures, either as book illustrations or as individual works. They are realist-style paintings with lavishly decorated compositions, full of detail and characters depicted in an idealised manner using standardised features, such as those seen in these court scenes. Another particularity of this artistic style was the visual work in the superimposition of objects, finding scenes without depth composed of figures in hieratic profile.
Initially, the development of these works was dedicated to the royal court, which used miniatures to produce portraits, events and scenes of court life, scenes of wildlife and hunting, as well as illustrations of battles, which would be collected in manuscripts, so that the images are framed by richly decorated bands as if they were vignettes.