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Portrait of a Woman

c 1675–1700

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner

Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Image: 16.2 x 8.3 cm (6 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.); Paper: 41.6 x 27 cm (16 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Flora D. Glass and Elwood G. Glass Jr. 1987.1110
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She stands on a cluster of leafy vegetation.

Description

The royal court at Bikaner included Muslim women. This royal woman wears a white cloak covered with a repeating gilded leaf pattern and a screen sewn in at the forehead. When the cloak is pulled over her face for added modesty, she looks out through the screen.
A vertically oriented gum tempera and ink painting depicts a woman with light skin tone standing in profile, facing our left. She wears a hooded white cloak with green leaf patterns and pointed red shoes. A red and gold patterned fabric shows near her hand and feet. She stands on dark green ground against a pale green field with Persian script at the top. A tan border with golden flowers frames the scene.

Portrait of a Woman

c 1675–1700

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner

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