Bichitr is recorded in the Getty Union List of Artist Names with the biographical note: Indian miniaturist, active ca. 1615-1650. Getty classifies the person under these roles: miniaturist. The nationality terms attached to the record are Indian. The record carries 2 forms of the name and the identifier 500336838. In this atlas the person is linked as the creator of Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings.
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Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Bichitr
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Source Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings (Wikipedia)
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Bichitr (Indian miniaturist, active ca. 1615-1650)
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Bichitr (Indian miniaturist, active ca. 1615-1650)
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was an Indian painter during the Mughal period
Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings (Wikipedia)
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Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings is a Mughal miniature painting by the Indian artist Bichitr for the court of the Fourth Mughal emperor Jahangir, dated to c. 1615-1618.
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