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Painting

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a lady seated in a pavilion attended by maids, a peacock walks the terrace below, illustration to the musical mode gandhar ragini.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, gandhar ragini, lady attended by maids, opaque watercolour on paper, probably Delhi, probably ca. 1800, based on ca. 1570-1580 Ahmednagar original
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, a lady seated in a pavilion attended by maids, a peacock walks the terrace below, illustration to the musical mode gandhar ragini.
Content description
A lady seated in a pavilion attended by maids, a peacock walks the terrace below.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • (written as part of undeciphered inscription above image)
    Translation
    '54'
  • (written in Nagri above image)
    Translation
    [name of musical mode]
    Transliteration
    'gandhar ragini'
  • (written in Persian above image)
    Translation
    [name of musical mode]
    Transliteration
    'gandhar ragini'
  • (two Hindi couplets, written above image)
Production
Based closely on an Ahmadnagar-style original of ca. 1570-1580, but with faces in the Delhi style of ca. 1800
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.52-1959

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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