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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.202.248
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Seated Courtesan
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
mid 19th century
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/217179

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray-black ink, watercolor, opaque watercolor and gold over graphite on beige modern laid paper (watermark: R & C)
Dimensions
16 x 21 cm (6 5/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1983 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Object was part of long-term loan to Museum in 1983.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.202.248
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The drawing depicts a courtesan seated in a European-style chair. She rests her elbows on the armrests with her hands pointing downward to her lap. Her heavy-lidded eyes gazes to the left. She wears a long, yellow, headscarf; large, decorative earrings; a head ornament; necklaces; armbands; bangles; and anklets.

Publication History

  • Stuart Cary Welch and Kim Masteller, From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection, exh. cat., Yale University Press (New Haven, 2004), pp.198-199, no. 70

Exhibition History

  • From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from SCWelch, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/19/2005 - 06/02/2005

Verification Level

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