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Painting

ca. 1725 (made)
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Place of origin

Painting, opaque watercolour on paper depicting a winged European riding a composite camel made from a combination of other animals and of human figures. The winged figure, with nimbus, rides in a box affixed to the back of the camel through a sparsely decorated landscape.


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Materials and techniques
Painting in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, a winged European riding a composite camel, opaque watercolour on paper, Mewar, ca. 1725
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour on paper depicting a winged European riding a composite camel made from a combination of other animals and of human figures. The winged figure, with nimbus, rides in a box affixed to the back of the camel through a sparsely decorated landscape.
Content description
A winged European riding a composite camel made from a combination of other animals and of human figures. The winged figure, with nimbus, rides in a box affixed to the back of the camel through a sparsely decorated landscape.
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Bibliographic references
  • Topsfield, A. "Ketelaar's embassy and the farangi theme in the art of Udaipur" Oriental Art, N.s. Vol XXX, no 4, Winter, 1984/85.
  • Robert Del Bonta, 'Reinventing Nature: Mughal Composite Animal Painting', in Som Prakash Verma, ed., Flora and Fauna in Mughal Art, Marg Publications, Mumbai, 1999, pp. 69-82
Collection
Accession number
IS.10-1947

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Record createdMay 20, 2002
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