Nisardin

Nisardin (fl. 1585–1609, also known as Nasiruddin[1]) was an artist who is credited to have painted the earliest dated set of Rajasthani miniature paintings, called Chawand Ragamala.[2] It is uncertain if he belonged to the same family as Sahibdin who is also known as a miniature artist from the same era. Chawand Ragamala[3] is dated to 1605[4][5] and is so named because the set was created in Chawand village, in present day Rajasthan. The set was probably patronized by Rana Pratap Singh or his son Amar Singh who was living in exile in Chawand.

Miniature from the Ragamala set painted by Nisardin. Rietberg Museum

The set is inscribed and clearly states the name of the artist.

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References
  1. Kusuman, K. K. (1990). A Panorama of Indian Culture: Professor A. Sreedhara Menon Felicitation Volume. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-7099-214-1.
  2. "chavand - Cornell University Library Digital Collections Search Results". digital.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. "Mewar - Ragamala". dla.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. "Folio from the Chawand Ragamala Series". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. Krishna, Anand (1973). "A Reassessment of the "Tuti-Nama" Illustrations in the Cleveland Museum of Art (And Related Problems on Earliest Mughal Paintings and Painters)". Artibus Asiae. 35 (3): 241–268. doi:10.2307/3249561. ISSN 0004-3648. JSTOR 3249561.
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