An Illustrated and Illuminated Album Page: A group of noblewomen visiting a hermitage, attributed to Dalchand, Mughal, circa 1720-40, with calligraphy signed by Khalilallah

Gouache heightened with gold on paper, on an album leaf with borders of red and blue paper decorated with gold floral motifs, reverse with four lines of nasta`liq calligraphy on marbled paper signed by Khalilallah

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The Mughal artist Dalchand was active during the first half of the eighteenth century. He visited Rajasthan where he painted for Maharaja Abhai Singh of Jodhpur (1725-50); see Falk and Archer 1981, no.287.