'Daswant and Basawan' the famous painters were courtiers of Mughal emperor :

Explanation

“Daswanth and Basawan” were painters of Akbar’s period. Daswanth, who was the son of a kahar, impressed Akbar so much with his work that he helped him become “a leading painter of his time.” Later, however, this great painter became mentally disturbed and committed suicide in 1584 A.D. The names of Akbar’s painters were listed by Abul Fazl in his book Ain-i-Akbari, such as—Daswanth, Basawan, Keshu/Keshav Lal, Mukund, Miskin, Farukh, Kalamak, Madhav, Jagannath, Mahesh, Khemkaran, Tara, Sanwal and Harivansh, etc.