A Tanjore man in a white 'jama' holding 'pan' .
1770
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1770
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Tanjore man in a white 'jama' holding 'pan' . is a 1770 paint by Unknown, a Patna School of Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a man from Tanjore wearing a white 'jama' and holding 'pan'. He's part of a series of paintings about castes and occupations in South India. These paintings were collected in an album with a watermark and a bookplate. The artist used simple colors and compositions. To learn more about similar art, look at the technique of chiaroscuro.
A Tanjore man is depicted wearing a white *jama* and holding *pan*, part of a set of thirty-six paintings illustrating South Indian castes and occupations. The work features a dark green ground, a red border, and a strip of tangled cloud at the top, consistent with the album’s style. The figure is rendered with heavy looped shadows attached to the feet, and the painting shares the album’s watermark and bookplate details.
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