Women by a Garden Pool Artist: Unknown

1780–90

Asian Art

Not on view

Scenes of scantily clad or nude women were popular in the court at Jodhpur in the second half of the eighteenth century. Seated on either side of a fountain, the two women in this image are adorned with gold jewelry and have marks on their heads that indicate their devotion to the Hindu god Shiva.

Medium

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

without mounting: 8 3/8 × 7 7/8 in. (21.2 × 20 cm)
with mounting: 15 11/16 × 14 1/16 in. (39.8 × 35.7 cm)

Credit Line

The Vera M. and John D. MacDonald, B.A. 1927, Collection, Gift of Mrs. John D. MacDonald

Accession Number

2001.138.24

Geography

Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Culture

Indian

Period

Mughal dynasty (1526–1857)

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Vera M. MacDonald and John D. MacDonald, Boston, Mass., by 2001; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works)

Subject

garden pool women

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