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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.
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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
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