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Nala and Damayanti

Painting
ca. 1760 - ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting the first encounter of Damayanti and Nala, after their marriage. From a Nala Damayanti series.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleNala and Damayanti (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Damayanti approaching Nala, Nala Damayanti, opaque watercolour on paper, Bilaspur, ca. 1760-1770
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting the first encounter of Damayanti and Nala, after their marriage. From a Nala Damayanti series.
Dimensions
  • Height: 195mm (maximum)
  • Width: 282mm
  • Image within innermost painted border height: 164mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted border width: 252mm (maximum)
24/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
tThe first encounter of Damayanti and Nala, after their marriage
Style
Object history
From the Sir William Rothenstein collection (residuary).
Subjects depicted
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. 240, cat. no. 43 v.
Collection
Accession number
IS.35-1954

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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