Portrait of a Hindu woman wearing a head-dress
Painting
January 1872 (made)
January 1872 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Little is known about this artist other than that on 11 July 1849 he married an Anne Meppen, by whom he had four children. Fonçeca is a variant of the Portuguese name Fonseca and is common in Madras, where the five pictures by him in the V&A's collection were all drawn. Four of them depict Hindu women, the fifth a man.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Portrait of a Hindu woman wearing a head-dress |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour |
| Brief description | Paintings, J Fonceca, Madras |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | J.J. Fonçeca Madras January 1872. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Little is known about this artist other than that on 11 July 1849 he married an Anne Meppen, by whom he had four children. Fonçeca is a variant of the Portuguese name Fonseca and is common in Madras, where the five pictures by him in the V&A's collection were all drawn. Four of them depict Hindu women, the fifth a man. |
| Bibliographic reference | Rohatgi P. and Parlett G., assisted by Imray S. and Godrej P. Indian Life and Landscape by Western Artists: Paintings and Drawings from the Victoria and Albert Museum, 17th to the early 20th century. Published by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai, in association with V&A, London, 2008. ISBN 81-901020-9-5.
pp. 332 and 333, pl. 50 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 07386B/(IS) |
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| Record created | September 21, 2004 |
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