Yogini in a Landscape

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Caption

Indian. Yogini in a Landscape, ca. 1760. Opaque watercolor on paper, sheet: 11 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (28.9 x 20.0 cm) image: 6 7/8 x 3 9/16 in. (17.5 x 9.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. George Dupont Pratt, 40.368. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Culture

Indian

Title

Yogini in a Landscape

Date

ca. 1760

Dynasty

Mughal

Geography

Place made: Lucknow, Oudh, India

Medium

Opaque watercolor on paper

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

sheet: 11 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (28.9 x 20.0 cm) image: 6 7/8 x 3 9/16 in. (17.5 x 9.0 cm)

Inscriptions

Verso, four lines of Persian poetry, in Nastaliq script: Any attractive face who comes to you, the heavens want to take away, Go and give your heart to the one who will unconditionally always remain yours.

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. George Dupont Pratt

Accession Number

40.368

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