A LADY AND HER DUENNA
A LADY AND HER DUENNA

GULER SCHOOL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1810

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A LADY AND HER DUENNA
GULER SCHOOL, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1810
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper, the reverse inscribed with the numbers 46 and 59
7 5/8 x 5 3/8 in. (19.3 x 13.8 cm.)
Provenance
Bonham’s London, 24 April 2012, lot 284.

Lot Essay

The subject of the present painting could be an illustration of a scene from the Rasikapriya of Keshav Das, written in 1591. The work centers around heroes and heroines (nayakas and nayikas) and their interactions which are frequently emotionally charged. In the present painting the nayaka is absent but the intensity of the moment is conveyed in the look between the two women. The face of the duenna is particularly well executed.
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