Painting
ca. 1760 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper with gold on border, a lady with her duenna, seated on a platform.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper with gold on border |
| Brief description | Painting, lady with duenna, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, probably Lucknow, ca. 1760 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper with gold on border, a lady with her duenna, seated on a platform. |
| Content description | A lady with her duenna, seated on a platform. |
| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | On the back calligraphy in persian. |
| Gallery label | A PRINCESS AND AN OLD LADY
Opaque watercolour on paper
Provincial Mughal, probably Lucknow
c. 1760
IS.230-1951
The theme of a young woman receiving advice from an elderly duenna is a popular one in Mughal painting. This atmospheric scene, set in a palace garden at night, would have been bound in an album with other images of princesses and noblemen, probably alternating with calligraphic panels. There is one such panel on the reverse of this painting.(27/9/2013) |
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| Associated object | IS.230:2-1951 (Verso) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.230-1951 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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