Four Sketches Depicting Musicians, a Dancer, and a Nayika
18th century
Description
The page features four vignettes. The top left depicts a Rajput nobleman, with a turban and a long robe (jama) and a young, female musician holding a small harp. The top right contains a female dancer with her hands in the air and her right leg bent and peeking out from her long skit. She is accompanied by a female attendant on the right. The bottom left vignette bears a seated female musician, who wears a headdress and long dress, playing a tumbi, a type of string instrument. The bottom right depicts a nayika, or a heroine, leaning against a tree and facing a large crane. She wears a long, translucent robe, trousers, a crop top, and a shawl that covers her head and flows down her back. Rajput style.
Dimensions
13.6 x 14 cm (5 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1973 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum. Notes: Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1973.
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