REMBRANDT AND THE INSPIRATION OF INDIA

This sumptuously illustrated volume examines the impact of Indian art and culture on Rembrandt (16061669) in the late 1650s. By pai ring Rembrandts twenty-two extant drawings of Shah Jahan, Jahangir, Dara Shikoh, and other Mughal courtiers with Mughal paintings o f similar compositions, the book critiques the prevailing notion that Rembrandt brought life to the static Mughal art. Written by scholars of both Dutch and Indian art, the essays in this volume instead demonstrate how Rembrandts contact with Mughal painting in spired him to ...[Read more]