Souvenir Painting of a Woman in Blue

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Souvenir Painting of a Woman in Blue

c. 1880

Artist/maker unknown, Indian

Derived from imagery used in paintings of goddesses, pictures of beautiful women became a favorite motif among Kalighat painters. The women's features are so stylized as to become generic, but the portraits may well have been intended to represent literary figures, famous actresses, or particular characters from popular culture in the late nineteenth century.

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Object Details

Title:

Souvenir Painting of a Woman in Blue

Date:

c. 1880

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, Indian

Medium:

Watercolor on paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 18 1/16 × 10 15/16 inches (45.9 × 27.8 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Gift of Stella Kramrisch, 1988

Accession Number:

1988-77-8

Geography:

Made in Calcutta (present-day Kolkata), West Bengal, Bengal Region, India, Asia

Context:

Period: Modern Period

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