Painting
ca. 1760 (painted)
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The silvery palette and restrained mood of this painting are typical of the Murshidabad style of painting in the mid 18th century.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
Brief description | Painting, princess and maids listening to music on terrace, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Murshidabad, ca. 1760 |
Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, depicting a princess seated on a gold-embroidered white carpet smoking an enamelled huqqa, in her right hand she holds a garland of flowers. Three of her servants are behind her, whilst two sit in front of her playing the sitar and drum. In the foreground is a water tank, in the background the upper storey of the palace, beyond which is a river, silver under moonlight. |
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Content description | A princess seated on a gold-embroidered white carpet smoking an enamelled huqqa, in her right hand she holds a garland of flowers. Three of her servants are behind her, whilst two sit in front of her playing the sitar and drum. In the foreground is a water tank, in the background the upper storey of the palace, beyond which is a river, silver under moonlight. |
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Credit line | Purchased from Arhur Churchill, Esq., 10 Dover Street, W |
Object history | Purchased from Arthur Churchill, Esq. of London W1 in 1922. |
Production | Provincial Mughal - Murshidabad . |
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Summary | The silvery palette and restrained mood of this painting are typical of the Murshidabad style of painting in the mid 18th century. |
Bibliographic reference | Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
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Ekaterina Schcherbina, ed., India: Jewels That Enchanted the World. Moscow Kremlin Museums, 2014, cat. 101, p. 182 |
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Accession number | IM.99-1922 |
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Record created | December 19, 2003 |
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