An opaque watercolor painting depicting one woman sitting wrapped in a cloth surrounded by a building’s walls, and another hooded woman looking at her through a large window. The sitting woman has a small hookah, a thin guitar, and some pillows on the ground next to her. The image is framed by two thin frames.
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A rectangular opaque watercolor painting depicting one woman sitting at the center wrapped in an orange veil and green cloth surrounded by a building’s white walls, and another hooded woman looking at her through a large window. The seated woman has her feet and arms close to her body and she gazes down. She has a small grey hookah, a thin guitar, a candlestick, and some pillows on the ground next to her. She sits on a floral pillow. The hooded woman is dressed in blue and holds a stick in her right hand and holds out her left hand to the seated woman. There is a red and white chevron patterned fabric above them across the top side. The image is framed by two thin frames, a dark blue with gold details and a green one. The frames are surrounded by a pink page that is speckled with red dots all over.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.179
Title
A Nayika Awaits her Lover on a Winter Night
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1795
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Himachal Pradesh, Guler
Period
Mughal period
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/213689

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
16.19 x 10.8 cm (6 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Suzanne and Frederic Weinstein in memory of Eleanor Dodge Barton and Marjorie R. Hubbard
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.179
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Hot as Curry - Subtle as Moonlight: Masterpieces of Rajput Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/02/1991 - 12/20/1991
  • From India's Hills and Plains: Rajput Painting from the Punjab and Rajasthan, 17th through 19th Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/1993 - 10/31/1993
  • 32Q: 2590 South and Southeast Asia, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/07/2018 - 04/17/2019
  • A Colloquium in the Visual Arts, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025

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