Untitled
1740
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1740
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Untitled is a 1740 paint by Unknown, a Baroque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a lady with large, curving eyes and small lips, dressed in traditional clothing. She's engaged in a quiet activity, but the details of her face and clothes are what make this work interesting. The style is distinctive, with shaded cheeks and a specific type of eye shape. To learn more about the style used in this painting, look into the technique of sfumato.
A small rectangular painting in opaque watercolour on paper depicts a lady against a dark plum-coloured background under a cloudy sky, with a kite in the top left corner. The work follows the eighteenth-century western Rajasthani style associated with the Bikaner and Jodhpur courts, characterized by a large, curved eye, small pursed lips, and shaded cheeks. The plum background and composition suggest it was likely produced in Bikaner, where artists frequently moved between courts.
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