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Portrait of a lady
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Description
A Mughal noblewoman holding a flower is portrayed against a conventional plain ground. Since royal ladies were strictly secluded within the harem and inaccessible to court artists, this is most probably an idealised portrait.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › north India (place of creation)
- Date
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1620 - 1630
Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
- Material and technique
- gouache on paper
- Dimensions
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mount 50.8 x 40.1 cm (height x width)
painting with border 17.2 x 11.5 cm (height x width)
painting without border 13.9 x 8.1 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1999.
- Accession no.
- EA1999.101
Location
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- currently in research collection
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