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PROPERTY FROM THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM, NEW YORK
605 This refned portrait of an unknown subject is from the Pahari school and
A PORTRAIT OF A PRINCE HOLDING A FLOWER likely painted in the late eighteenth century. The depiction of the prince is
rendered with fne, elegant outlines and meticulous detail, embodying the
INDIA, PAHARI HILLS, POSSIBLY KULU, LATE 18TH CENTURY lyricism and subtlety found in works from the upper reaches of the Pahari
Opaque watercolor on paper hills. The outline of the sitter’s profle and his sloping eyes and eyebrows are
10¬ x 6æ in. (27 x 17 cm.) common features found in portraiture from this region. The rounded horizon
with thick white swirling clouds, as well as the simple portrait composition
$4,000-6,000 with a striped rug and pale green background, are strongly reminiscent of
works from Kulu in particular. Compare the elongated rendering of the hands
印度 旁遮普 可為库尔卢 十八世紀末 皇子畫像 and the stylistic treatment of the white jama and red turban of a similarly
rendered sitter in a Kulu painting at the Cleveland Museum of Art (see WG
PROVENANCE Archer, Indian Painting from the Punjab Hills, London and New York, 1973,
vol.1, p.338, vol.2, p.254, fg.33).
New York market, 1990s, by repute.
Accessioned by the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, 2010 (TL2010.38.23)
