Interior of Tomb of Itimad ud-Daula.
1820
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1820
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Interior of Tomb of Itimad ud-Daula. is a 1820 paint by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a bright, patterned room. The walls and ceiling are covered in swirling shapes and bright colors—reds, blues, and golds. The floor has black-and-white tiles in a checkerboard style. At the far end, there’s a raised wooden platform with steps leading up to it. The artist focused on the details of the patterns, making them look almost three-dimensional. The room looks like a tomb, but it’s also full of life through the colors and designs. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more drawings like this.
This drawing depicts the interior of the Tomb of Itimad ud-Daula, one of fifteen watercolor illustrations of monuments in Agra, Delhi, and Fatehpur Sikri. Created around 1820, the work is part of a collection associated with Lord Amherst, who served as Governor-General of India from 1823 to 1828, and his wife, an accomplished watercolorist.
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