Government of India
A Portrait of Gul Shafa
Keywords: Patna School Painting
Watercolour Painting
Publisher: Indian Museum, Kolkata
Description: It is a contemporary painting on silk created by Iswari Prasad Varma showing a portrait of Gul Shafa, wife of Dara Shikoh holding a flower with her left hand and a white handkerchief with her right. The painting is extremely damaged and needs immediate restoration as the bottom side of the silk has suffered patches of depigmentation.
Type: Painting
Received From: Indian Museum, Kolkata
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor | Varma, Iswari Prasad |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Calcutta, Bengal, India |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 20th Century |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-23T14:49:04Z |
| dc.date.available | 2021-09-23T14:49:04Z |
| dc.description | It is a contemporary painting on silk created by Iswari Prasad Varma showing a portrait of Gul Shafa, wife of Dara Shikoh holding a flower with her left hand and a white handkerchief with her right. The painting is extremely damaged and needs immediate restoration as the bottom side of the silk has suffered patches of depigmentation. |
| dc.format.extent | Lt. 66 cm; Wd. 50 cm |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | Indian Museum, Kolkata |
| dc.subject | Patna School Painting Watercolour Painting |
| dc.type | Painting |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | R.14573 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| dc.format.material | Silk |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor | Varma, Iswari Prasad |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Calcutta, Bengal, India |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 20th Century |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-23T14:49:04Z |
| dc.date.available | 2021-09-23T14:49:04Z |
| dc.description | It is a contemporary painting on silk created by Iswari Prasad Varma showing a portrait of Gul Shafa, wife of Dara Shikoh holding a flower with her left hand and a white handkerchief with her right. The painting is extremely damaged and needs immediate restoration as the bottom side of the silk has suffered patches of depigmentation. |
| dc.format.extent | Lt. 66 cm; Wd. 50 cm |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | Indian Museum, Kolkata |
| dc.subject | Patna School Painting Watercolour Painting |
| dc.type | Painting |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | R.14573 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| dc.format.material | Silk |
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