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Source Description
English artists visited India to paint both large-scale and miniature portraits of those serving abroad as mementos for friends and families back in the Mother Country. They introduced the European technique of painting in watercolors on ivory to the local artists. In this instance, an artist from Delhi has portrayed a courtesan dressed as a princess wearing elaborate Mughal gold and gem-set jewelry.
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Document identity
localId
38187
label
Portrait Miniature of an Indian Courtesan
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
38187
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Portrait Miniature of an Indian Courtesan
description
English artists visited India to paint both large-scale and miniature portraits of those serving abroad as mementos for friends and families back in the Mother Country. They introduced the European technique of painting in watercolors on ivory to the local artists. In this instance, an artist from Delhi has portrayed a courtesan dressed as a princess wearing elaborate Mughal gold and gem-set jewelry.
provenance
A.J. Fink, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, 1963, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.
date
1830-1850
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Miniatures
miniatures (paintings)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
11.4
height
7.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 1/2 x W: 3 1/16 in. (11.43 x 7.78 cm)
Source extras
cul
Mughal
med
watercolor on ivory, gold, glass
creator_ids
2191
collection_ids
EAN
INT
exhibition_ids
1954
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1
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0
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photo
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