The Sothebys sale of 30th April 2025 presents a rare opportunity to acquire a c1760 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting with exceptional provenance & exhibition history attributed to the celebrated #Pahari #Artist #Nainsukh of #Guler #HimachalPradesh
Estimate £40,000-60,000
'Raghunath Pathania, a Holy Man'
#IndianHistory #Art #Heritage #ArtOfTheDay #Painting #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #History #MastoArt #Histodons #Punjab Hills #India #Paintings
#Hindu God His wife Parvati & sons #Ganesh, Kartikeya and Nandi the Sacred Bull
c1745 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Guler #HimachalPradesh now at Victoria and Albert #Museum, London
Probably from the family workshop of #Nainsukh & #Manaku (?)
#Hindu Goddess #Durga fights the Bull Demon #Mahishasura as #Mahishasuramardini in this c1750 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Guler #HimachalPradesh (#Nainsukh #artist family)
#DurgaPuja #Navratri #ChaitraNavratri #HinduNewYear
Navratri ushers in the New Hindu Lunar New Year and the beginning of the year 2082 (also known as Vikram Samvat)
Agony of a Dejected Lover
( #Hindu God Lord #Krishna)
c1780 #Pahari folio from Gita Govinda attributed to a 1st Generation Master after #Artist #Nainsukh from #Kangra or #Guler #HimachalPradesh #India on Sothebys upcoming sale on 20th March 2025
Estimate £300,000-500,000
Composition based on #Raga Gujjari #Ragamala (Garland of Melodies)
An #IndianMiniaturePainting so beautiful that it is someone's screen saver!
(It IS the famous #ArtHistory specialist William Dalrymple's)
#Hindu God Lord #Shiva tests His Archery Skills while riding the Nandi Bull
This astounding c1825 AD #Pahari #Painting from #Guler or #Chamba #HimachalPradesh #India is now at Indian #Museum #Kolkata
#IndianHeritage #Art #IndianHistory #Religion #Hinduism #Himalayas #History #MastoArt #Histodons #Heritage #IndianMythology #Punjab Hill State #ArtOfTheDay
talkshow
Seine feuchten Augen
Trauer, Tränen und Täuschung: Eine Spurensuche im Umfeld von Christian #Lindner zeichnet filmreife Szenen von #Illoyalität bei den Liberalen. Die #Krokodilstränen des FDP-Chef zum Aus der Bundesregierung sind der Anfang seines Endes als #FDP-Chef
Von Cem-Odos #Güler
https://www.taz.de/!6046959
Peinlich Frau #Güler, mehr als peinlich Frau Güler , erhoffen sie sich von #merz durch die Frauenquote eine besser Position zubekommen? Da muss ich sie enttäuschen, der Fritze schei.... drauf. Der findet #Vergewaltigung in der Ehe OK 
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Schämen sie sich , Frau Güler!
Die #cdu muss ausge-merz-t werden !
sinti und roma
Ein Ort der Stille wird erschüttert
Seit Jahren gibt es Streit um das Denkmal für die von #Nazis ermordeten #Sinti und #Roma im Berliner Tiergarten. Die Bahn plant einen S-Bahn-#Tunnel unter dem #Mahnmal. Betroffeneninitiativen fürchten die Zerstörung
Aus Berlin Cem-Odos #Güler und Daniel #Bax
https://www.taz.de/!6024258
Gambhira #Raga
(Not navigating the rain-water logged roads in #Delhi after the #DelhiRains)
From a c1790 CE #Pahari #Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) #IndianMiniaturePainting by a Master of the first Generation of #Artist after #Manaku & #Nainsukh of #Guler #HimachalPradesh from the “Second Guler Ragamala series” now at #Museum Rietberg, Zurich
Finally #DelhiRains & some respite from the sweltering heat (humidity continues to be very high)
In this c1760 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from the large #Guler #HimachalPradesh or #Basohli #Jammu Bhagavata Purana attributed to #artist of 1st Generation after #Nainsukh & #Manaku 'Lord #Krishna & Gopies Shelter from a Storm'
Sold by Christie's on March 20 for $50,500
Happy #FathersDay to me & all other Fathers on #Mastodon
So, this lovely c1790 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting of Raja Goverdhan Chand of #Guler #HimachalPradesh with his Daughter by #Artist #Nainsukh & now at #Chandigarh #Museum & #Art Gallery
Lord #Krishna & the Cow Herders Return on Cow-dust on a #WorldMilkDay in this c1775 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra (#Punjab Princely Hill State) attributed to the #Artist #Manaku of #Guler #HimachalPradesh #India
This #Painting is from a Bhagavata Purana series now at Harvard Art #Museum, USA
At 48°c #Delhi was the hottest place in #India yesterday! 7°c above normal
#climatecrisis
We can only pray to #SuryaNarayan (Sun God) to show mercy on us
#Surya, with the characteristics of Lord #Vishnu sits here in a Golden Orb representing Radiating Sun in this c1740 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Basohli #Jammu or #Guler #HimachalPradesh sold by Christie's on 2 May, 2029 for £22,500
My #Mother & Me in 1820 CE (ha!)
'A Woman in Red with a Child who holds a Now
This #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Chamba #HimachalPradesh from the #EdwinBinney3rd collection is now at San Diego #Museum of #Art USA
This #Painting is by #Artist Chhajju, who was the grandson of #Nainsukh of #Guler popularly known as Leonardo da Vinci of #India
Happy #MothersDay to everyone
#happymothersday #IndianHeritage #History #MastoArt #Histodons #IndianHistory #Heritage #Entertainment #Paintings
Radha & #Hindu God #Krishna meet in secret at night in a roof-top garden pavilion
From a 'Baramasa' series
Baramasa (12 months) is a subject that illustrates the sensitive emotions of lovers depicted in a cycle of poems describing months of the year
This c1790 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Guler #HimachalPradesh or #Garhwal will be on Bonhams auction on May 21, estimate £8000
'Dancing Villagers' on #InternationalDanceDay
April 29th is celebrated as International Dance Day
This c1730 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting is by #Artist Pandit Seu (1680-1740) of #Guler #HimachalPradesh (#Himalayan #Punjab)
Pandit Seu was the father of the famous artists #Manaku & #Nainsukh
This #Painting is now at #LACMA Los Angeles County #Museum of #Art USA
It was a #SolarEclipse yesterday.
In #IndianMythology it is believed that #Eclipse is caused by the #Hindu astronomical shadow entity Rahu, who causes an eclipse by devouring the Sun & Moon alternatively.
The #Mythology goes, he was caught eating God #Vishnu food. The angered God cut off his head. Now, to replace his head, Rahu devours the Sun & Moon at times causing Lunar & #SolarEclipse
Like in this c1720 CE #Pahari #Art from #Guler #HimachalPradesh now at #Chandigarh #Museum
Maharaja Gulab Singh on Lake Wular in #Kashmir
c1840 CE #Pahari #Painting from #Guler #HimachalPradesh from the Toby Falk coll sold by Christies for £32,760
Gulab Singh was given the title of Maharaja by #RanjitSingh of #Lahore #Punjab in 1810 CE for commanding the #Sikh forces in suppressing local revolts.
He went on to annex #Mankot #Jasrota & #Basohli in #Jammu
In 1846 the #EastIndiaCompany recognised him as the Ruler of #Jammu #Kashmir
Today #India celebrates #Mahashivratri #Festival, which is the day when #Hindu God #Shiva got married to Goddess Parvati
From the workshop of #Nainsukh of #Guler #HimachalPradesh this c1790 #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra of Natanarayana #Raga will be on view from 20 Sept 2024 at #Museum Rietberg's exhibition '#Ragamala: Images for all Senses' #IndianClassicalMusic
A #Nayika sitting outdoors under a #Mango Tree smoking #Hookah writes a letter to her lover
As the #SummerSeason begins, soon the markets in #Delhi #NewDelhi will be full of the King of #Fruits #Mangoes
This c1850 CE #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra or #Guler #HimachalPradesh sold by Roseberys Ltd of #London
#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #Art #History #Artist #Histodons #MastoArt #IndianCulture #Fruit #Paintings
#Punjab Hill State of the #Himalayan Region
