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Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- 9 days ago
- In this state since
- Sep 25, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
An anonymous Indian artist used a European print, or possibly an earlier Indian copy of the print, as his subject in this painting done in about 1700. The European lady is adapted from the figure of 'Poetry' by Cornelius Jacobsz. Drebbel (1572-1634) after Hendrik Goltzius, from The Liberal Arts. The figure has been slightly modified and reversed, and was copied in this altered form several times by Mughal artists in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Another version in the Bibliotheque national in Paris (Smith-Lesouëf Orient 247 f.9) follows the orientation of the print.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- IS.259-1952
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 9 days ago
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
