What does this little folio painting show? Your first thought was probably not the Virgin Mary and her baby. I was surprised too! The folio page was painted between 1605 and 1610, under the Adil Shah Dynasty, a Shia Muslim dynasty which ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur in India’s Deccan Plateau.
The Adil Shahs were notably secular and liberal, as well as great patrons of the arts. Their capital became known as the “Palmyra of the Deccan.” As a result, scholars, poets, and painters flocked to their court – including Farrukh Beg, a Persian miniaturist, who probably painted this folio.
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