Princesses Gather at a Fountain
Scenes of courtly pleasure, garden settings, and longlegged female figures dressed in high-waisted, flowing angarkhas (tunics) typify paintings attributed to the northern Indian court of Farrukhabad, a cultural satellite of Lucknow. The present work depicts twelve courtly ladies and a child gathered around a fountain, set in a lush landscape with fantastic loop-necked swans and the pairs of animals found in many Indian paintings.
Artwork Details
- Title: Princesses Gather at a Fountain
- Date: ca. 1770
- Geography: Made in India, Farrukhabad
- Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions: Painting: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm)
W. 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm)
Frame: H. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)
W. 21 3/4 in. (55.2 cm) - Classification: Codices
- Credit Line: Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund, 2001
- Object Number: 2001.421
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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