The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Woman with a Turban Dressed as Radha

Art Object

Brushed with Passion

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features John T. Carpenter, Curator, Department of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a calligraphy demonstration by Fumie Yamada.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Woman with a Turban Dressed as Radha

Date:: late 19th century
Culture:: India (Rajasthan, Kishangarh)
Medium:: Ink and wash on paper
Dimensions:: Image (sight): 13 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (34 x 21.9 cm)
Classification:: Paintings
Credit Line:: Gift of Subhash Kapoor, in memory of his parents, Smt Shashi Kanta and Shree Parshotam Ram Kapoor, 2008
Accession Number:: 2008.359.26

This artwork is not on display

Description

This woman of the Kishangarh court is dressed as Radha, Krishna's lover. The elongated head and stylized eye are typical of a figural type that emerged in the Kishangarh court in the late eighteenth century. This drawing is the pendant to 2008.359.27.
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What
Ink (28,327)

Paper (23,968)

Paintings (12,464)
Where
Asia (68,071)

India (3,611)

Rajasthan (206)

Kishangarh (4)
When
A.D. 1800-1900 (80,185)
In the Museum
Asian Art (35,222)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
South Asia and the Himalayan Region, 1800–1900 A.D.