painting
- Museum number
- 1913,0208,0.28
- Description
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Gouache painting on mica of a Brahmin wearing a white dhoti and a turban. He is bare-chested, with a shawl thrown over his shoulders. In his left hand he carries a pouch.
- Production date
- 19thC(mid)
- Dimensions
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Height: 12.50 centimetres
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Width: 8.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Dallapiccola 2010:
This painting is from a set of twenty-four paintings on mica. The set depicts couples representing different professional groups. However, instead of showing a man and wife together, as is common in such sets, each leaf of mica depicts a single figure holding the typical tools of the trade. In 1913,0208,0,15 - 24, the figure stands in a green foreground, and a line of trees and mountains enlivens the otherwise plain background. 1913,0208,0,25 - 36 are the work of a different artist, who has dispensed with the background. A curved line on the burnt sienna foreground suggests the shadow cast by the figure. Such sets were mass produced, and often the quality was competent, but rather dry.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1913
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1913,0208,0.28