Description
- Abstract:
- Enthroned male is served by 2 female attendants in landscape setting.
- Notes:
- Physical Description: Much detail within the figures is well preserved, however, large areas of the background are cracked and chipping. An unstable verdigris-type light green pigment predominates the background. Figures are finely painted. No associated text. Adhesive sticker and cellophane tape on verso. Bikaner is a city in northern India near Delhi which supported a thriving body of artists in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Support: Paper
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
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Minassian Collection of Persian, Mughal, and Indian Miniature Paintings.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:80767/
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Minassian Collection of Persian, Mughal, and Indian Miniature Paintings
...Miniature paintings from the estate of Mrs. Adrienne Minassian. The paintings often include text from Persian and Indian tales. Many of the illustrations within the Minassian Collection are depictions of stories from the classical Persian text, Shahnama of Ferdowsi.
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