IT WAS OBVIOUS MUGHAL LADIES WOULD INDULGE IN PAINTING,
BUT FEW SIGNED WORKS PRESERVED OF THEIR CREATIVE EFFORTS.
There must be many works done by Mughal lady artists, but protocol demanded that names be not given openly in the public. Even then we come across references, as well as signed names of Mughal miniatures. Some are copies of divergent Western art, as a stimulation for these ladies. But the greatest artist of Mughal household looks like Sahifah Bano, artist supreme. Not only there is a study of Shah Tahmasp by her, but also a work, in which she shows herself drawing and painting a miniature. Look at the standard of work of this artist. Wonderful!
Shah Tahmasp by Sahifah Bano 
Self portrairt by Sahifah Bano 
Saint Cecilia by Fifi Bano 
St Hieronymus by Nadira Bano
Painting is associated with the name of Nur Jahan herself. But nothing signed of her has been discovered. This is not a complete list of those artists, but an indication of the work behind them. We will work on it more as time goes by. Till then enjoy the well-known works by them.
Enlightening as always. Thank you for sharing this
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Attention Najm sahib.
I paid 35 dollars for an image for personal use. 50 pounds for a printed black and white image. Paid more than 250 dollars for a digital image from a museum in Netherland. The outside world is very cruel about copyright. Our images are used recklessly all the time for we have no western danda with us.
You have more known lady painters in later Mughal period. More in Lucknow area.
Lahore in 20th century produced hundreds of lady painters even till today. Painters like Razia Sirajuddin even Chughtai praised himself.