PORTRAIT OF ZEB AL-NISA, BEGUM SAMRU (1751-1836), PROBABLY DELHI, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1820-1830
PORTRAIT OF ZEB AL-NISA, BEGUM SAMRU (1751-1836)
PROBABLY DELHI, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1820-1830
Oil on canvas, she sits on a chair covered with red velvet, under a heavy red curtain, she wears a white Kashmir shawl and a white dress over blue trousers, rows of pearls around the neck and a turra, she smokes a huqqa, a window opening on a forested landscape to the right, framed
33 x 28 1/8in. (84 x 71.5cm.)
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PORTRAIT OF ZEB AL-NISA, BEGUM SAMRU (1751-1836)
PROBABLY DELHI, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1820-1830
Oil on canvas, she sits on a chair covered with red velvet, under a heavy red curtain, she wears a white Kashmir shawl and a white dress over blue trousers, rows of pearls around the neck and a turra, she smokes a huqqa, a window opening on a forested landscape to the right, framed
33 x 28 1/8in. (84 x 71.5cm.)