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Portrait of a lady-in-waiting
Also titled Portret van een hofdame
c. 1635 - c. 1645
- Medium
- paper, gold (metal), gouache (paint)
- Classification
- Indian miniature
- Dimensions
- height 126 mm x width 69 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of P. Formijne, Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
There are very few true-to-life portraits in early India. The depictions of both individual queens and anonymous ladies-in-waiting, such as this one, are idealized. This was undoubtedly an aesthetic choice. However, it was also virtually unthinkable that an artist could enter the women’s quarters to see them in real life. The paintings were commissioned by the emperor and other nobles and intended for private use.
