| The miniature painter in India is a submerged creature; he survived beneath the surface of history. Occasionally, an artist with the panache of a porpoise would, through the momentum of his own talent, leap through the surface creating ripples of contemporary interest and then, having glistened briefly in the light of adulation, would fall back into obscurity. |
| Like his Renaissance counterpart in 17th century Italy, the painter in India received his encouragement and support from the princely houses of his time. He was an employee of his prince and fulfilled a function akin to that of a courtier, flattering the whim of his patron with his palette as did the witty courtier with his tongue. [EXTRACT] |
The full article was published in ROOPA LEKHA (New Delhi,1973), XLI, Nos. 1 & 2, pp.7-34. |
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