"Women Visiting a Hermit", Folio from the Davis Album
Visitation scenes to holy men became a popular genre in 18th century Mughal painting, with both male and female visitors being depicted. Here we see a hermit receiving a group of women, one of whom holds a child. He is seated on a mat before his simple dwelling while on the far bank of the winding river another style of round village thatched hut may be seen.
Artwork Details
- Title: "Women Visiting a Hermit", Folio from the Davis Album
- Date: 18th century
- Geography: Attributed to India
- Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Dimensions: Page: H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm)
W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Painting: H. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
W. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) - Classification: Codices
- Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
- Object Number: 30.95.174.31
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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Painted by Chitarman (Indian, active ca. 1627–70)
recto: dated 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50
first half 18th century
17th–18th century
ca. 1640
recto: ca. 1645; verso: ca. 1630–40
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