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Princesses Gather at a Fountain

ca. 1770
Not on view
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

Object Information
  • 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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