Girl musician with a dancing peacock

Unknown (Indian)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

19th century

Height:

23.3 cm  (9 3/16 in.)

Width:

16.9 cm  (6 5/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Place of creation:

Kāngra (Himāchal Pradesh, Bhārat)

Description

Outdoor scene with various figures in the background; girl in the foreground plays a setar (or possibly tanbur) and watches a dancing peacock.

Iconclass

48CC7522
one person playing string instrument (plucked)
25F35(PEACOCK)(+5)
ornamental birds: peacock (+ animal(s) in motion; positions, expressions of animals)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Setar [3444]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5622