This exhibition features around 60 miniatures on the theme of ‘Women in Indian Paintings’. Dating from the 15th to the 19th centuries, they originate from various workshops at locations ranging from the foothills of the Himalayas to the Deccan Plateau. Indian painters portrayed their female subjects with great attention to detail, dressing them in magnificent robes and endowing them with delicate features. Much more than simply images taken from real life, these women represent ideals of beauty. The theme of ‘Women in Art’ also features in the museum’s rooms of Japanese and Chinese painting as well as in the Africa collection in the ‘Emerald’ extension.