Detail of Bhai Mardana, from a painting of Guru Nanak with Bhai Mardana, JaipurRoyal Ontario Museum, Toronto · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Imaginary Meeting of Guru Nanak, Mardana Sahab, and Other Sikh Gurus'LACMA, Los Angeles · photo Commissioned painting by Lala Nanak Ram upon meeting Priyata (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Painting of five Sikh gurus (most likely identifiable as Guru Nanak, Guru HargobindSalar Jung Museum, Hyderabad · photo Jawaher Ali Khan (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak with the Other Nine Gurus, Bhai Puran SinghGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak listening to some music attended by his holy man.Wellcome Collection (via Europeana) · CC BY ↗
Guru Nanak with Mardana on the left and Bala on rightWikimedia Commons ↗
A painting on ivory, a miniature portrait of Guru Nanak Singh, the first Sikh GuruWikimedia Commons ↗
A painting of Guru Nanak from Baghdad, Iraq attributed to a painter by the name of…Wikimedia Commons · Kamal-ud-din Behzad (1450-1535) of Tabriz (claimed) ↗
Bhai Bala Recites the Life Story of Guru Nanak to Guru Angad and OnlookersAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak at Panja SahibGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak at SchoolAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak at the Modikhana of Sultanpur LodhiAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak in Kamarupa (Kamrup region), the land ruled by womenAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak stops the boulder from falling with his hand at Hasan AbdalGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak with followers and other holy menWikimedia Commons ↗
Wedding of Guru Nanak and SulakhniAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak with Mardana and Bala in MeccaWikimedia Commons ↗
A King Pays Homage to Guru NanakGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Depiction of Guru Nanak meeting either his brother-in-law, Jai Ram, or the governorAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Detail of Guru Nanak from the earliest known painting of all ten Sikh gurus togetherLACMA, Los Angeles · photo Commissioned painting by Lala Nanak Ram upon meeting Priyata (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak, holding prayer mala beads and with a staff resting under his armpitAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak Comes upon the Sannyasi, DattatreyaGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak Subdues KaliyugaGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak meets Nath Sidhas at the village of Achal BatalaAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak meets with Bal Nath Yogi’s DisciplesAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak with FollowersGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo family workshop of Nainsukh of Guler (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak with possibly Mool Chand Chona (white-bearded man wearing pink)Asian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Kashmiri style painting of Guru Nanak with disciples and attendantGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Guru Nanak with Disciples and Attendant. Kashmiri style. Pun (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Painting, paint on ivory, a miniature portrait of Guru Nanak.V&A, London · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Vidaai (also spelt Bidaai) or Doli of Guru Nanak and Sulakhni's weddingAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Nanakpanthi’, a Sikh who follows Guru NanakBritish Library, London · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Nanak is the saint for all followers of the Sikh faithGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo shankar s. from Poona (pune), India, India (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY ↗
Page 49: Guru Nanak listening to some music attended by his holy manWellcome Collection ↗
Painting of an astrologer and holy men, possibly depicting Guru Amar DasMusée Guimet, Paris · photo Attributed to 'Ali Quli Jabbadar (fl. late 17th-early 18th C (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Bhai Lehna (later Guru Angad) and his companions visit Baba NanakWikimedia Commons ↗
ਗੁਰੂ ਰਾਮਦਾਸGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Family workshop (or atelier) of Nainsukh of Guler (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Mota Raja Udai Singh, ca 1580, Boston MFA.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
A classical depiction of Guru HargobindWikimedia Commons ↗
This is one of the folios of Sri Guru Granth SahibNational Museum, New Delhi · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Sikh priest (Granthi) reading the Grunth (Guru Granth Sahib), Umritsur (Amritsar)"British Library, London · photo William Simpson (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Possibly Guru Har Gobind (another theory is that it depicts Guru Har Rai) with an…Wikimedia Commons ↗
Guru Har Rai, the Seventh Guru Pahari (from the family workshop of Nainsukh of Guler)Government Museum, Chandigarh · photo Seu-Nainsukh workshop of Guler (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
ਗੁਰੂ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿੰਘਉਨ੍ਹੀਵੀਂ ਸਦੀ · Punjab (India)© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗
Equestrian miniature painting of Guru Gobind Singh with a parasol attendantMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston · photo Familial atelier of Nainsukh of Guler (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Guru, Opaque watercolor on paperGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo from the family workshop of Nainsukh of Guier (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
ਗੁਰੂ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿੰਘAsian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Gobind Singh on horse with attendantsWikimedia Commons ↗
Guru Gobind Singh with His Four Sons, the SahibzadasGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Guru Gobind Singh with attendants and a pink dogWikimedia Commons ↗
Guru Gobind Singh with the Sahibzadas (his sons)Asian Art Museum, San Francisco · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
The Four Sons (Sahibzadas) of Guru Gobind SinghGovernment Museum, Chandigarh · photo Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons) ↗
Page 108: Sikh man with a falcon on horseback, identified as Guru Gobind SinghWellcome Collection ↗
Painting of a young Raja Udai Singh of Chamba, ca.1690Wikimedia Commons ↗
Banda Singh Bahadur (born Lachman Dev, also known simply as Banda Bahadur, Banda SinghWikimedia Commons · Sikh Heritage Museum (by unknown photographer) ↗Search the museums' full collections
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Shown here are the objects whose pictures museums have released openly. Far more are in their collections, and in museums with no open search, such as the Lahore Museum. Searching for "Sikh".
Pictures from the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum (via Europeana), Bhuri Singh Museum, Chamba, 65 more, found automatically: public domain or openly licensed, except the V&A's, shown for non-commercial use with the museum's credit. Titles and dates are the museums' own; each card names its museum and any licence. Updated 2026-10-26.