id:			153542
accession number:	1987.1110
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.1110
updated:		2022-01-04 17:03:00.776000

Portrait of a Woman, c 1675-1700. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; image: 16.2 x 8.3 cm (6 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.); paper: 41.6 x 27 cm (16 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Flora D. Glass and Elwood G. Glass, Jr.  1987.1110

title:				Portrait of a Woman
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creation date:			c 1675-1700
creation date earliest:		1675
creation date latest:		1700
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creditline:			Gift of Flora D. Glass and Elwood G. Glass, Jr. 
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culture:	Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner
technique:	Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 16.2 x 8.3 cm (6 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.); Paper: 41.6 x 27 cm (16 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2018
	opening date:   2018-04-02T04:00:00
	<i>Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2018</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 2-November 18, 2018).

	title:		Paintings of Bikaner – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
	opening date:   2019-11-07T05:00:00
	<i>Paintings of Bikaner – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 7, 2019-April 5, 2020).

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wall description: 
The royal court at Bikaner included Muslim women. This royal woman wears a white cloak covered with a repeating gilded leaf pattern and a screen sewn in at the forehead. When the cloak is pulled over her face for added modesty, she looks out through the screen.
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