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A Lady and Her Duenna: Page from a Dispersed Rasikapriya (Lover's Breviary)

Ibrahim

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A lady wearing a white head covering, and a long purple and gold skirt with a white shawl, stands on a stone platform beside a gray wall with an open doorway. The lady looks down and to the right with an expressionless face; she holds her right hand to her face. To her right stands a woman in a reddish-brown and gold sari with a red blouse and gold jewelry; she holds her right hand up by her face and her left at her side. Behind them is a pink wall with a tree on the right and a building with a yellow awning on the left. The scene is framed in red with a yellow border and a line of foreign text at the top. The background shows a blue sky with white clouds.

Artwork Details

Date
1685–92
Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Culture
India (Rajasthan, Bikaner)
Dimensions
455 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
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