Princesses Gather at a Fountain

Unknown

ca. 1770 · Opaque watercolor and gold on paper · Islamic Art

Scenes of courtly pleasure, garden settings, and longlegged female figures dressed in high-waisted, flowing angarkhas (tunics) typify paintings attributed to the northern Indian court of Farrukhabad, a cultural satellite of Lucknow. The present work depicts twelve courtly ladies and a child gathered around a fountain, set in a lush landscape with fantastic loop-necked swans and the pairs of animals found in many Indian paintings.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1770

Medium

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky Fund, 2001