# Royal Woman Holding a Flower

- Date: c. 1670s–80s
- Medium: gum tempera and gold on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Miniature: 19.7 x 10 cm (7 3/4 x 3 15/16 in.)
- Culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner
- Credit line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.194)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2018.194/2018.194_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Following the model of formal imperial Mughal court portraiture, the artist has lavished care on shading the face of a royal woman and the distinctive qualities of her luxurious textiles. Details have been exquisitely rendered, including the fringe of her pink shawl with its lotus vine border and the sprigs of flowers tucked in her hair.