Painting
ca. 1760 (made)
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This celebratory scene has many of the classic elements of Lucknow painting, such as the grand terrace lit with candelabras, and the pavilions and gardens receding into the distance. It is unusual in that it also incorporates a group of semi-naked ascetics and a Jain nun dressed in white robes. The artist, initially working at the Mughal court in Delhi, moved to Murshidabad and then Lucknow.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, princess and ladies celebrating Diwali, by Hunhar, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Lucknow, c.1765 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, a princess and ladies celebrating Diwali in a palace courtyard, in the presence of yogis and yoginis. |
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| Content description | A princess and ladies celebrating Diwali in a palace courtyard, in the presence of yogis and yoginis. |
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| Gallery label | This celebratory scene has many of the classic elements of Lucknow painting, such as the grand terrace lit with candelabras, and the pavilions and gardens receding into the distance. It is unusual in that it also incorporates a group of semi-naked ascetics and a Jain nun dressed in white robes. The artist, initially working at the Mughal court in Delhi, moved to Murshidabad and then Lucknow.(July 2017) |
| Object history | Transferred from the Department of Engraving, Illustration & Design. RP 51/2237 |
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| Summary | This celebratory scene has many of the classic elements of Lucknow painting, such as the grand terrace lit with candelabras, and the pavilions and gardens receding into the distance. It is unusual in that it also incorporates a group of semi-naked ascetics and a Jain nun dressed in white robes. The artist, initially working at the Mughal court in Delhi, moved to Murshidabad and then Lucknow. |
| Bibliographic reference | In the image of man : the Indian perception of the universe through 2000 years of painting and sculpture : [exhibition / organized by Catherine Lampert assisted by Rosalie Cass]. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson :in association with the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1982 Number: 0297780719, 0297781243 (pbk.)
p. 180, cat. no. 295
J.P. Losty "The Late Mughal Artist Hunhar II", Artibus Asiae vol. LXXXII, No. 2, 2022, pp.179-207, illustrated fig. 15 |
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| Accession number | D.1203-1903 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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