Painting
ca. 1660 (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, portrait of a nobleman in mid 17th century costume. He is wearing short white jama, pink and gold brocade patka with floriated patterns, gold brocade turban, yellow trousers striped with pink green and crimson, and crimson slippers. He has a long grey scarf slung across his chest and over his right shoulder. The background is pale turquoise fading into blue at the extreme top. The ground is diapered with clumps of delicate and minute flowers. The picture is defaced by a hole and trail left by a white ant.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, standing nobleman, opaque watercolour on paper, Bikaner, ca. 1660 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, portrait of a nobleman in mid 17th century costume. He is wearing short white jama, pink and gold brocade patka with floriated patterns, gold brocade turban, yellow trousers striped with pink green and crimson, and crimson slippers. He has a long grey scarf slung across his chest and over his right shoulder. The background is pale turquoise fading into blue at the extreme top. The ground is diapered with clumps of delicate and minute flowers. The picture is defaced by a hole and trail left by a white ant. |
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| Content description | Portrait of a nobleman in mid 17th century costume. He is wearing short white jama, pink and gold brocade patka with floriated patterns, gold brocade turban, yellow trousers striped with pink green and crimson, and crimson slippers. He has a long grey scarf slung across his chest and over his right shoulder. The background is pale turquoise fading into blue at the extreme top. The ground is diapered with clumps of delicate and minute flowers. The picture is defaced by a hole and trail left by a white ant. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (the handwriting is not unlike endorsements on various pictures from Bikaner (accession register description))
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| Credit line | Gien by the family of the late Sir William Rothenstein. |
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| Accession number | IS.342-1951 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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