Princess smoking a hookah
1765–1785
- Medium
- gum tempera, ink, gold, and beetle-wing carapaces on paper
- Dimensions
- Page: 32.1 x 25.3 cm (12 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.); Image: 24.1 x 16 cm (9 1/2 x 6 5/16 in.)
- Genre
- Painting
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
About
A lady seated at window smokes a hookah. She wears a translucent lilac blouse and gold trousers and adorns herself with jewelry comprising pearls, gold, and emeralds. Reclining against a large bolster, she is engrossed in smoking her hookah made of gold and porcelain. The painting may have been intended to be presented to the king by the artist.