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A Prince Making Love to a Princess
Keywords: Painting
Nurpur Painting
Publisher: National Museum, New Delhi
Description: A prince making love to a princess on a canopied terrace and enjoying music. The whole scene is laid on an enclosed terrace. A prince with a princess seated in an amorous pose under a canopy on a centrally raised octagonal platform. They are seated on a yellow carpet against a golden brocaded maslan (big cushion) and are enjoying music rendered by two female musicians. The prince wears a mauve undergarment, white jama and golden waistcoat and also plum red and golden turban. The prince looks young as has a thin line of the moustache as black hairs. The princess is amorous, on hero's lap also wears a brocaded golden skirt and a red with white spots ordhni and yellow colour. She is bedecked with ornaments. Besides them are lying golden shut box, hatch box as a stand, studded with pearls. In the foreground three candles, in the stand are seen burning. To the right, a female musician is seen playing on sitar seated on the edge of the raised platform while another female musician seated nearby on the terrace playing on the drum. They are wearing mauve skirt with golden odhni with green buttons and similar red and green undergarment as brocaded ordhni. To the left outside the canopy is standing a female chauri bearer in attendance. She wears a grey undergarment and a long yellow transparent jama as a golden conical cap (brocaded). Six golden pillars at six points for the support of brocaded canopy. In the foreground is the pink enclosure and white with latticework enclosure in the background. It has a dark grey horizon.
Type: Painting
Received From: National Museum, New Delhi
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Nurpur |
| dc.coverage.temporal | C. 1780 C.E. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-13T12:54:35Z |
| dc.date.available | 2020-12-13T12:54:35Z |
| dc.description | A prince making love to a princess on a canopied terrace and enjoying music. The whole scene is laid on an enclosed terrace. A prince with a princess seated in an amorous pose under a canopy on a centrally raised octagonal platform. They are seated on a yellow carpet against a golden brocaded maslan (big cushion) and are enjoying music rendered by two female musicians. The prince wears a mauve undergarment, white jama and golden waistcoat and also plum red and golden turban. The prince looks young as has a thin line of the moustache as black hairs. The princess is amorous, on hero's lap also wears a brocaded golden skirt and a red with white spots ordhni and yellow colour. She is bedecked with ornaments. Besides them are lying golden shut box, hatch box as a stand, studded with pearls. In the foreground three candles, in the stand are seen burning. To the right, a female musician is seen playing on sitar seated on the edge of the raised platform while another female musician seated nearby on the terrace playing on the drum. They are wearing mauve skirt with golden odhni with green buttons and similar red and green undergarment as brocaded ordhni. To the left outside the canopy is standing a female chauri bearer in attendance. She wears a grey undergarment and a long yellow transparent jama as a golden conical cap (brocaded). Six golden pillars at six points for the support of brocaded canopy. In the foreground is the pink enclosure and white with latticework enclosure in the background. It has a dark grey horizon. |
| dc.format.extent | 18.5 x 17.5 cm approx. with borders |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | National Museum, New Delhi |
| dc.subject | Painting Nurpur Painting |
| dc.type | Painting |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | 76.43 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| dc.format.material | Paper |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Nurpur |
| dc.coverage.temporal | C. 1780 C.E. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-13T12:54:35Z |
| dc.date.available | 2020-12-13T12:54:35Z |
| dc.description | A prince making love to a princess on a canopied terrace and enjoying music. The whole scene is laid on an enclosed terrace. A prince with a princess seated in an amorous pose under a canopy on a centrally raised octagonal platform. They are seated on a yellow carpet against a golden brocaded maslan (big cushion) and are enjoying music rendered by two female musicians. The prince wears a mauve undergarment, white jama and golden waistcoat and also plum red and golden turban. The prince looks young as has a thin line of the moustache as black hairs. The princess is amorous, on hero's lap also wears a brocaded golden skirt and a red with white spots ordhni and yellow colour. She is bedecked with ornaments. Besides them are lying golden shut box, hatch box as a stand, studded with pearls. In the foreground three candles, in the stand are seen burning. To the right, a female musician is seen playing on sitar seated on the edge of the raised platform while another female musician seated nearby on the terrace playing on the drum. They are wearing mauve skirt with golden odhni with green buttons and similar red and green undergarment as brocaded ordhni. To the left outside the canopy is standing a female chauri bearer in attendance. She wears a grey undergarment and a long yellow transparent jama as a golden conical cap (brocaded). Six golden pillars at six points for the support of brocaded canopy. In the foreground is the pink enclosure and white with latticework enclosure in the background. It has a dark grey horizon. |
| dc.format.extent | 18.5 x 17.5 cm approx. with borders |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpg |
| dc.publisher | National Museum, New Delhi |
| dc.subject | Painting Nurpur Painting |
| dc.type | Painting |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | 76.43 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| dc.format.material | Paper |
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