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Indian - Portrait Miniature of an Indian Courtesan - Walters 38518

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English artists visited India to paint both large-scale and miniature portraits of those serving abroad as mementos for friends and families back in the Mother Country. They introduced the European technique of painting in watercolors on ivory to the local artists. In this instance, an artist from Delhi has portrayed a courtesan dressed as a princess wearing elaborate Mughal gold and gem-set jewelry.

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1830 - 1850
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Walters Art Museum
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