A double-sided painting of lovers and the Virgin Mary
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A double-sided painting of lovers and the Virgin Mary

INDIA, MUGHAL, POSSIBLY OUDH, 1750-60

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A double-sided painting of lovers and the Virgin Mary
India, Mughal, possibly Oudh, 1750-60
One side with the embracing lovers seated on a bed in a candle-lit room; the other with the Virgin Mary feeding the Christ Child
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
8 x 4¾ in. (20.2 x 12 cm.), framed

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Lot Essay

The small miniature on the verso with the Madonna and Child may be by Mir Kalan Khan in the style of a circa 1600 Mughal interpretation of a European image.

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