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European Costume Scene

c. 1590–1595
(1526-1756)
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Image: 21.5 x 13.4 cm (8 7/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1971.89
Location: not on view
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This painting of European subjects by an unnamed Indian artist depicts an unidentified scene in which two merchants approach a pavilion where a seated lady receives a kneeling holy man unrolling a scroll before her. The figures wear garments associated with different periods, which increases the painting’s ambiguity. The distant cityscape in the upper left corner is a Mughal version of the type introduced into India by Jesuit missionaries who brought gifts of European paintings and engravings.
European Costume Scene

European Costume Scene

c. 1590–1595

India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)

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