Glory of Faith:Akbar n MUZ-Pt3-JA Not Fiction|Akbar Seals-P25,Note-P26 - Page 14

Thanks a lot for this thread.
It was indeed much needed informations
You are genuinely curious in history🤗

read all the posts...
phewww ...
so much info...

Superb.. I loved d post n pic is very beautiful.. the information is priceless.. thanks a lot for sharing..

Thanks for posting this information

Originally posted by: sonilausarun

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Incidentally, We have the same picture on the forum today...😊...Glory of Faith..

posted by another member..

Originally posted by: MaddyO

There has been so much discussion about the painting already
Just want to point out another possibility

There was a practice in old days to repaint on old paintings (certainly in Europe). Since Aurangzeb destroyed or distorted lot of references to Jodha, it is quite possible he got somebody to paint over the original painting to give Jodha's clothes a Mugal touch.
Only if the original painting is checked can this point be clarified

Also in those days they used to be sitting stiffly or in formal pose for paintings. This painting is certainly intimate - holding hands, the way they are sitting. So the point that this painting could have been done for private use also seems valid.
A painting done for public viewing would be much more formal

Originally posted by: ann2012

You are correct 👏

The original was just a sketch.

This part was also discussed in the thread. See history_geek's comment on page 10. Read the entire thing. 😊

@Red
All credits to u ann2012, as you had dug up that the original was a sketch.

Originally posted by: history_geek

@Red
All credits to u ann2012, as you had dug up that the original was a sketch.

Originally posted by: MaddyO

There has been so much discussion about the painting already
Just want to point out another possibility

There was a practice in old days to repaint on old paintings (certainly in Europe). Since Aurangzeb destroyed or distorted lot of references to Jodha, it is quite possible he got somebody to paint over the original painting to give Jodha's clothes a Mugal touch.
Only if the original painting is checked can this point be clarified

Also in those days they used to be sitting stiffly or in formal pose for paintings. This painting is certainly intimate - holding hands, the way they are sitting. So the point that this painting could have been done for private use also seems valid.
A painting done for public viewing would be much more formal

Maddy,
I feel you already got the answer. Just adding some points.

Regarding repainting, it has already been found out by ann2012 that, the original one was a sketch. Even, i had written in my main post that the one which i saw did not appeared colorful. It was a faded portrait, appeared black and white.

Regarding Aurangzeb, what all he did is SOMETHING i do not want to write. But, FYI, as you mentioned he was responsible for destruction for many references with respect to MUZ. So, i am mentioning 1 incident directly related to her. The Agra Palace of MUZ had deities in it, in her temple. This was on the west end of the palace. They were destroyed by Aurangzeb, later around 1670. Around same time he destroyed temples in Banaras.(Hope you know..!..!..)

Regarding clothes, a separate thread is there(Part-4), and such "fashionable attires" existed at that time also. It's been mentioned in that thread, with major updates on comment pages.