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Three Ladies in a Palace Interior: Page from a Dispersed Laur Chanda (Romance of Laurak and Chanda)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a painting of a palace interior with three women. The painting is rectangular with a thick beige border. The top section shows a blue sky with gold swirls and three black and white striped domes. Below the sky is a gold frame with a scene of two women standing and one seated; all wear traditional Indian clothing. The standing woman on the right holds a flywhisk. The woman on the left sits on a low platform. The background of this section is white with gold swirls. The bottom section has a green wall with three blue and gold finials and a blue window with a gold frame. The background behind the painting is white.

Artwork Details

Date
1520–30
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Culture
Northern India (Mandu?)
Dimensions
519 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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