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Bikaner school Prints
About the Bikaner School
Bikaner painting is a school of Rajasthani miniature painting from the court of Bikaner. It is more closely tied to Mughal art than most Rajput styles, thanks to painters who came from the Mughal workshops. The Delhi painter Ali Raza worked for Raja Karan Singh (reigned 1632–69), and Ruknuddin, who probably trained under him, succeeded him as chief painter and served Anup Singh (raja 1674–98), a Mughal general who campaigned in the Deccan.
That service explains the Deccan touches in later Bikaner work. The school is known for finer lines and a more restrained palette than typical Mughal painting, and for court portraits alongside illustrations of Hindu texts such as the Bhagavata Purana, ragamala series and the Rasalila of Krishna. Ruknuddin, admired for his colour, pattern, detailed drapery and delicate faces, often painted the women of the palace on terraces.
Bikaner school prints: reproductions of Rajasthani miniature paintings from the court of Bikaner, made between about 1600 and 1700. The collection includes Krishna Exacts a Toll from the Milkmaids (1600), The Death of the Demoness Putana, from a Bhagavata Purana (1610), Girls Spraying Each Other at Holi (1640), Portrait of a Woman (1675) and Krishna and Balarama within a Walled Palace (1700).
This selection follows Krishna's early life, from the killing of Putana to his games with the milkmaids, and adds a ragamala page, a Holi celebration and single portraits of court women. Fine line and restrained colour run through the pages.
The quiet palette suits bedrooms, studies and reading corners, and the portraits of women work well grouped on a hallway or stair wall. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
