Object Details
- Court
- Bundi Court
- School/Tradition
- Rajput school
- Description
- In an inner part of an architectural setting, a woman adorns herself with an earring held in one hand while she holds the end of her braid in the other. She is looking into a mirror held by her maid who holds a necklace. A third woman sits before the chamber playing on a vina. The ground is green, the curtains red, the buildings white and pink.
- Inscriptions
- 1. (Carol Bolon, January 1991) "Confidante, vilaval ragini" is inscribed in Persian on the upper left and "vilaval ragini" is inscribed on the upper right in Devanagari.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Female Imagery in Indian Painting (February 9 to August 5, 1996)
- South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- ca. 1680
- Accession Number
- F1990.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 26.2 x 16.1 cm (10 5/16 x 6 5/16 in)
- Origin
- Bundi, Rajasthan state, India
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- playing
- music
- woman
- vina
- ragamala
- India
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1990.10
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye30b2586b7-0ea5-4302-a1bb-5c5840d3cd24
