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Raja Rai Singh was particularly influenced by Mughal art. They painted scenes from the Ragmala, Bhagavata Purana, and Rasalila. What distinguishes the Bikaner style of painting [3] from other Rajasthani styles of painting are finer lines and a more reserved range of colours than what are typically present in Mughal artwork.
Raja Balwant Singh’s Vision of Krishna and Radha by Nainsukh. Jasrota, c. 1745-1750. Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Kangra art style originated in Guler State, a small hill princely state in the Lower Himalayas in the first half of the 18th century when a family of Kashmiri painters trained in the Mughal painting style sought shelter at the court of Raja Dalip Singh (r. 1695–1741) of Guler.
Raja Balwant Singh examining a painting with Nainsukh, 1745–1750, Rietberg Museum. Raja Balwant Singh making a Hindu puja, c. 1750 Raja Dhrub Dev assesses a horse; it was usual for horses to be shown off in front of a white sheet, to better appreciate their form. Nainsukh (lit. ' Joy of the Eyes '; c. 1710 [1] – 1778) was an Indian painter.
Art from Jodhpur, also known as the Marwar style, is defined by large thick eyes on well-defined physical features. [40] The Kishangarh artists championed the Bani-Thani figures, that is the perfect model of womanhood, and were inspired by Raja Sawant Singh. [41] A unique lyricism, elegance and rhythm characterise these masterpieces.
"History records how Guru Gobind Singh spent time with the Raja Sidh Sen around 1701 (ref: Suraj Prakash, Rut 5, Chp. 8). Gurdeep Kaur, a researcher in Indian miniature paintings and Dr. Rohita Sharma a professor of Art in Panjab, both agree this is likely a painting of the Guru." (quote by Jvala Singh in June 2020, Sikh historian)
Schoefft was born into a family of sculptors from Pest whose familial atelier was active from 1775–1850. [6] The familial atelier was founded by Joseph Schöfft (Doberchau, c. 1742 – Pest, 1808), grandfather of August Schoefft, who must have learnt his skills in the familial workshop in Saxony. [6]
He is attributed with a small group of paintings in a distinctive style, produced for Raja Savant Singh, and mostly depicting the king and Bani Thani as Krishna and Radha respectively. These are "widely held to be the finest of all Rajasthani miniatures", and are unusually large for their type, reaching 19 by 14 inches (48 x 36 cm). [ 1 ]
Bani Thani was a singer and poet in Kishangarh in the time of Raja Sawant Singh (1748–1764), whose mistress she became. After he abdicated the throne the couple retired to a comfortable life in Vrindavan , a place associated with the life of Krishna and Radha , to whom Sawant Singh was greatly devoted.