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Unknown Maker, Indian

Portrait of a Princess

Maker

Culture

Indian

Title

Portrait of a Princess

Period

Mughal

Year

1700s

Medium

opaque watercolor on paper mounted as an album page

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

opaque watercolor on paper mounted as an album page

Materials

watercolor

Supports

paper

Geography

Place Made: India

Dimensions

3.5 x 3.2 cm (1 3/8 x 1 1/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Barnet Fain

Object Number

81.231

Type

Paintings

Exhibition History

Indian Art for the RISD Collection

Aug 23, 1985 – Mar 09, 1986

Label copy

This miniature portrait of an unidentified Mughal princess would originally have graced a sumptuous royal album. Partly because of th eproblems encountered by male artists in the face of the strict segregation of the sexes in the royal household, portraits of women during this period tend to be less individualized than those of men.

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Indian

Portrait of a Princess, 1700s

opaque watercolor on paper mounted as an album page

3.5 x 3.2 cm (1 3/8 x 1 1/4 inches)

Gift of Mrs. Barnet Fain 81.231

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