Ruler Entertained by Dancers in a Paradise Garden
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Details
- Artist
- Unknown artist
- Date
- Late 18th century
- Dimensions
- Image: 30 × 12.9 cm (11 13/16 × 5 1/16 in.); Outermost Border: 26.2 × 15.4 cm (12 5/8 × 6 1/16 in.); Paper: 32 × 21.9 cm (12 5/8 × 8 9/16 in.)
- Origin
- India
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Palette
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- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- Public domain
- Credit
- Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection
Art Genome Taxonomy
12 tags
Subject Matter
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Performing Arts Both · 99%
The title identifies dancers, and the central terrace visibly contains a staged group of performers before a seated figure.
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Royalty and Aristocracy Metadata · 97%
The catalog title explicitly identifies the central subject as a ruler and places the scene within a courtly setting.
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Human Figure Visual · 99%
Numerous human figures appear throughout the architectural terraces, garden paths, performance area, and lower procession.
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Times of Day Visual · 96%
A dark sky filled with stars and a crescent moon occupies the upper portion of the inner image.
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 98%
Floral ornament covers the broad outer border, while repeated motifs, patterned railings, garden beds, textiles, and architectural details create a strongly decorative surface.
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Symmetrical Visual · 91%
The palace facade, garden terraces, paths, railings, and planted beds are organized around a pronounced central axis with substantial bilateral regularity.
Medium and Techniques
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Watercolor Metadata · 99%
The recorded medium is opaque watercolor and gold on paper; the image is visibly composed of finely controlled painted passages, though the medium cannot be established from the image alone.
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Work on Paper Metadata · 99%
The catalog explicitly identifies paper as the support.
Time Periods
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18th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to the late 18th century, with date bounds of 1790–1800.
Geographic Regions
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Indian Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog records India as the place of origin and gives the display attribution as India, Uttar Pradesh, Avadh.
Materials
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Gold Metadata · 99%
Gold is explicitly included in the cataloged medium.
Cultural and Religious Styles
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Islamic Art and Architecture Metadata · 99%
The catalog lists the work's style as Islamic (culture or style).
Source & rights
anonymous. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/76890
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 2,153 × 3,000 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed