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Group of six women in a landscape
anoniem, 1700 - 1799
Paintings of women celebrating and being intimate with each other were popular with Europeans. The idea of the ‘exotic’ harem as a place of sensual languor where young women lived a secluded life as sex objects resonated with the Orientalist conception of India. Contemporary memoirs and travel accounts, however, paint a far more complex picture of life in the women’s quarters.
- Artwork typedrawing, Indian miniature
- Object numberRP-T-1993-196
- Dimensionsheight 270 mm x width 185 mm, height 330 mm x width 227 mm
- Physical characteristicspenseel in kleuren en goud