Four sketches depicting musicians, a dancer, and a nayika

Unknown (Indian)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

18th century

Height:

13.6 cm  (5 3/8 in.)

Width:

14.0 cm  (5 1/2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

ink on paper

School:

Rajput

Description

Description from museum website:
The page features four vignettes. The top left depicts a Rajput nobleman, with a turban and a long robe (jama) and a young, female musician holding a small harp. The top right contains a female dancer with her hands in the air and her right leg bent and peeking out from her long skirt. She is accompanied by a female attendant on the right. The bottom left vignette bears a seated female musician, who wears a headdress and long dress, playing a tumbi, a type of string instrument. The bottom right depicts a nayika, or a heroine, leaning against a tree and facing a large crane. She wears a long, translucent robe, trousers, a crop top, and a shawl that covers her head and flows down her back. Rajput style.

Iconclass

48C7522
one person playing string instrument (plucked)
48C8422
female dancer

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285]
Tumbi

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5692