"Women Visiting a Hermit", Folio from the Davis Album

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

Visitation scenes to holy men became a popular genre in 18th century Mughal painting, with both male and female visitors being depicted. Here we see a hermit receiving a group of women, one of whom holds a child. He is seated on a mat before his simple dwelling while on the far bank of the winding river another style of round village thatched hut may be seen.

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