Portrait of Atiya Fyzee (1877–1967) | Yale University Art Gallery

late 19th century

For this portrait of his wife, Samuel Fyzee Rahamin used traditional paper and watercolors and followed long-standing conventions of Indian portraiture, including placing the subject in the center of the composition and choosing an evocative but not necessarily recognizable setting. Also known by the honorific begum, reserved for Muslim women of high status in India, Atiya Fyzee was born in Istanbul and studied in London. She was a noted author, social reformer, and artistic patron.

Medium: Opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 30 × 20 in. (76.2 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line: Yale University Art Gallery
Accession Number: 1970.44
Geography: Kashmir, India
Culture: Indian
Period: Period of the British Raj (1858–1947)
Classification: Paintings
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Provenance

Purchase by Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

In Copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

portraits

Subject

women

Inscriptions

'amal-i fayzee-rahamin "Made by Fayzee-Rahamin" \r\nSindhi writing according to K.R.--Kishwar Rizvi 8/10/10

Signed

Signature on balustrade, middle right in Urdu

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