"Princess with Attendants Picnicking in the Open Air", Folio from the Davis Album

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18th century · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper · Islamic Art

A princess is entertained by her companions with wine or sherbet, music and a green parrot. The delicately rendered figures are seated outdoors by a waterfall which emerges from a tall hillside of sweeping curves. Images of feminine gatherings first became popular subjects in Mughal albums of the second quarter of the seventeenth century. However, this painting is one of a group that were produced in the eighteenth century, seemingly inspired by the earlier Jahangiri style.

Artist

Unknown

Date

18th century

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915