Not currently on display at the V&A

Painting

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, border stippled with gold, depicting a prince visiting two ascetics outside their hut or hermitage.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Royalty
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper, with gold on border
Opaque Watercolour
Paint
Paper
Gold
Painted
Brief description
Painting, prince visiting ascetics, opaque watercolour on paper, Mughal (Murshidabad sub-style) ca. 1770
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, border stippled with gold, depicting a prince visiting two ascetics outside their hut or hermitage.
Dimensions
  • Height: 374mm
  • Width: 330mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 155mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 203mm
14/08/2013 dimensions measured as part of the Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A prince visiting two ascetics outside their hut or hermitage.
Style
Mughal
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund
Object history
Previously in the Rothenstein Collection.
Subjects depicted
Hermitage
Ascetics
Prince
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.214-1951

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433925/painting-unknown/
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