A princess on a terrace with attendants at night

Unknown (Indian)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1760
Height:
25.4 cm  (10 in.)
Width:
19.7 cm  (7 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
opaque watercolors and gold on paper

ink on paper
Place of creation:
Bhārat [India]

    Item location

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    Indian and South Asian Art[Museum inv. no.: 2013.341]

Description

Before a terrace pavilion in the women’s quarters of a palace, a royal woman stretches to show off her figure in accordance with age-old Indian poetic imagery, while female musicians provide entertainment with a dhol and a sitar.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Sitar [3456]
Dhol [2572]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

verso: calligraphy

RIdIM record id

5164