t’s no guarantee that a personal passion can elicit a universal admiration, but such is the case with the collection of British artist Howard Hodgkin (1932–2017). Over the course of 60 years, Hodgkin formed a collection of Indian paintings and drawings recognized as one of the finest of its kind. A highly regarded painter and printmaker himself, Hodgkin collected works from the Mughal, Deccani, Rajput, and Pahari courts dating from the 16th to the 19th centuries—personal acquisitions that reflect his passion for Indian art. Some of the finest examples of this work—an eclectic assemblage that includes portraits, palace scenes, royal hunts, devotional
