Painting
ca. 1760 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a lady brought in from a storm by maids, while a prince watches from an upper window.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, lady brought in from a storm, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Lucknow, ca. 1760 |
| Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a lady brought in from a storm by maids, while a prince watches from an upper window. |
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| Content description | Lady brought in from a storm by maids, while a prince watches from an upper window. |
| Gallery label | Ragamala paintings or ‘garland of ragas’ are visual representation of melodic frameworks and poems. The joys and sorrows of love are the central theme of such paintings. This illustration to the musical mode Madhu Madhavi evokes the mysterious mood of a woman’s journey at night to her lover’s house. The male figure on the top floor is probably the patron of the artist as they are often depicted as onlookers in ragamala paintings.
(March 2022) |
| Credit line | Purchased from Mr. J. J. Naaman |
| Object history | Purchased from Mr. J. J. Naaman, 255, Edgeware Road, W. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project. RP 1911-1415m |
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| Bibliographic reference | Swallow, D., Stronge, S., Crill, R., Koezuka, T., editor and translator, "The Art of the Indian Courts. Miniature Painting and Decorative Arts", Victoria & Albert Museum and NHK Kinki Media Plan, 1993.
p. 145, cat. no. 129 |
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| Accession number | IM.42-1911 |
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| Record created | December 23, 1999 |
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