Tools Services Portfolio About Contact

Tools Services Portfolio About Contact

Made with by Lê Trực 0983470827 © 2025 KenAI.vn

Ruler and His Court watching a Nautch Dancer and Musicians | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI

Harvard Art Museums
Artworks
Ruler and His Court watching a Nautch Dancer and Musicians

Ruler and His Court watching a Nautch Dancer and Musicians

DrawingsIndian19th century

Ruler and His Court watching a Nautch Dancer and Musicians

19th century

Description

The drawing depicts an enthroned ruler at the top center of the image under an awning. He wears a turban with ornaments that signify his royal status and has a large, black shield (dhal) in front of him. Behind him are three attendants, one of which holds a flywhisk over his shoulder, which also denotes the ruler’s status. At the center of the image is a young Nautch girl. Nautch (“dance”, “dancing”) is one of the several styles of popular dancing in North Indian performed by young women. She is accompanied by a group of male musicians. Flanking them is a row of courtiers.

Classification

Drawings

Technique

Brushwork

Medium

Ink on paper

Culture

Indian

Period

British period

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

32 x 24.8 cm (12 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)

Related Artworks

Untitled [Mellingen]

Untitled [Mellingen]

Lyonel Feininger, 5/16/1913

Black crayon on paper

20th centuryGerman

Saint John Preaching in the Wilderness

Saint John Preaching in the Wilderness

Paolo Caliari, called Veronese, 16th century

Brown ink, brown wash over black chalk with white and blue gouache and pastel on blue antique laid paper, laid down overall to thin wove paper

16th centuryItalian

Capital, Arcade at Badia Fiesolana, Florence, Italy

Capital, Arcade at Badia Fiesolana, Florence, Italy

Kenneth John Conant, 20th century

Graphite on off-white wove paper

20th centuryAmerican

Mountains, Promontogno, Switzerland

Mountains, Promontogno, Switzerland

Denman Waldo Ross, 19th-20th century

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper

19th-20th centuryAmerican

Head of a Man with a Beard, Profile to the Right

Unidentified Artist, 19th century

Graphite and black and white chalk on brown wove paper

19th centuryGerman

Jupiter and Hebe; verso: Study of Angel

Jupiter and Hebe; verso: Study of Angel

Johann Michael Rottmayr, 17th-18th century

Black ink and white gouache on blue paper; verso: graphite

17th-18th centuryGerman

Two Juniata River Landscapes; verso: Faint Landscape

Two Juniata River Landscapes; verso: Faint Landscape

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1852

Graphite on slightly darkened off-white wove paper

19th centuryAmerican

Study for a Stained-Glass Window at Audincourt

Study for a Stained-Glass Window at Audincourt

Fernand Léger, 1951

Gouache and graphite on beige wove paper

20th centuryFrench

Study of a Female Nude

Study of a Female Nude

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1890's

Red chalk on off-white antique laid paper

19th-20th centuryFrench

Landscape with Trees and a Tempietto; verso: Face of the Queen, for "Belshazzar"

Landscape with Trees and a Tempietto; verso: Face of the Queen, for "Belshazzar"

Washington Allston, 1819

Graphite on off-white wove paper; verso: red chalk

19th centuryAmerican

View of the Bay of Naples

View of the Bay of Naples

George Loring Brown, 1855

Graphite with white gouache on brown wove paper

19th centuryAmerican

Hall of Saints, Borgia Apartment, Vatican Palace, Rome, Italy

Hall of Saints, Borgia Apartment, Vatican Palace, Rome, Italy

Kenneth John Conant, 20th century

Graphite on off-white wove paper

20th centuryAmerican