Radha
Painting
ca. 1660 - ca. 1670 (made)
ca. 1660 - ca. 1670 (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, illustration to the Rasamanjari. Radha is in conversation with a female companion (sakhi). She wears red striped trousers and a golden skirt and veil. Her companion is richly bedecked, dressed in an orange-red skirt, yellow bodice and blue veil. The wall of the chamber is pale blue with three silver alcoves, one containing red apples; a red curtain drawn up from the ceiling. Chocolate-brown pillars, plinth at base (with projecting shapes), bright yellow roof. To the left, a white annexe, with a small flight of stairs leading to a narrow crimson door. Dark green background.
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Title | Radha (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, with applied beetle-wing cases to represent jewellery. |
Brief description | Painting, Radha confides in companion, Rasamanjari illustration, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Basohli, ca. 1660-1670 |
Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, illustration to the Rasamanjari. Radha is in conversation with a female companion (sakhi). She wears red striped trousers and a golden skirt and veil. Her companion is richly bedecked, dressed in an orange-red skirt, yellow bodice and blue veil. The wall of the chamber is pale blue with three silver alcoves, one containing red apples; a red curtain drawn up from the ceiling. Chocolate-brown pillars, plinth at base (with projecting shapes), bright yellow roof. To the left, a white annexe, with a small flight of stairs leading to a narrow crimson door. Dark green background. |
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Content description | Radha in conversation with a female companion. |
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Object history | From the collection of Mr. Michael Rothenstein; IS.46 to 73-1953 were purchased for £300. |
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Bibliographic reference | Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022
p. 37, cat. no. 4 ix |
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Accession number | IS.49-1953 |
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Record created | July 14, 2000 |
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