Sujet
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling floral vines, 1755. Creator: Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730-1765).
Légende
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling floral vines, 1755. In a scene set on a carpeted terrace in the women?s palace quarters, an older woman of the harem drags a young prince with a white blindfold over his eyes before a princess grasping a document. Such a scene evokes a literary allusion of a princess who selects her suitor, but it also resonates with circumstances at the Mughal court. Signed and dated by the artist, this painting was completed at a time when powerful women wielded control over the emperor, and Ahmad Shah Bahadur (reigned 1748-54), son and successor of Muhammad Shah, had been blinded and deposed less than one year before.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F67_393
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
97,7Mo (8,7Mo) / 57,8cm x 42,3cm / 6827 x 5000 (300dpi)