DrawingsIndian18th century

Portrait of a Seated Man with a Water Pipe

18th century

Description

This drawing is executed with minimal means. It depicts a lightly bearded man in profile, facing to the right. He is seated and holds to his mouth the pipe of a hookah (which is not included in the drawing).

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Ink on paper

Culture

Indian

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

16.8 x 11.4 cm (6 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.)

Provenance

This object is part of a group of Indian drawings and paintings that were purchased by Norman Hurst in 2004. They had been purchased as a group by an American couple from the art dealer H.C. Mehra at the Great Eastern Hotel in Calcutta in 1953. The collection was next in the possession of a small Massachusetts museum from the late 1960s until 2004.

Related Artworks

Drawings

Matchlock Gun (Torador)

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Opaque watercolor on paper; Rajput Style, Kota School.

Ink on paper

Four Sketches Depicting Musicians, a Dancer, and a Nayika

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Ink on paper; Rajput Style

18th centuryIndian

Drawings

Dragons and Geese, Fish and a Turtle

The Kota Master, c. 1700

Black ink and white opaque watercolor on beige paper (.1); Rajput Style, Kota School Black and red inks on beige paper (.2), Rajput Style, Kota School

18th centuryIndian