Painting
ca. 1750 - ca. 1755 (made)
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Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, two female ascetics, one with a vina, seated before a hut.
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Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
Brief description | Painting, two female ascetics, opaque watercolour on paper, Murshidabad, ca. 1750-1755 |
Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, two female ascetics, one with a vina, seated before a hut. |
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Content description | Two female ascetics, one with a vina, seated before a hut. |
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Gallery label | TWO YOGINIS
Opaque watercolour on paper
Murshidabad, Bengal
1750-60
D.1170-1903
These two figures are identifiable as Hindu
holy women (yoginis) by the matted hair of
the woman on the right and by their circular
ear-rings, which are worn by the Nath sect of Shaivite yogis. One of the yoginis has a band wrapped around her knees to help maintain her posture while meditating. The forked stick
in her hand performs a similar function when positioned as a prop under the arm.(27/9/2013) |
Object history | Dehejia, Vidya (ed.) Devi: The Great Goddess: Female Divinity in South Asian Art. Washington : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution,1999. ISBN 8185822638/3791321293, p. 387 cat. 119 |
Production | The painting is in the style of the Mughal provincial court painting, Murshidabad school. Please see Attributions Note for D.1201-1903 for further information on Murshidabad school. |
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Accession number | D.1170-1903 |
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Record created | November 21, 2003 |
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