Angel (Peri) Riding a Composite Camel

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: c. 1700
Medium: Ink wash, gold, and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 19.2 × 14.2 cm (7 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.); Paper: 25 × 18.4 cm (9 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.)
Origin: India
Holding institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Palette: Parchment Ochre · Yellow family · #B9A97E · 48%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #8C9485 · 20%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #928961 · 7%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #E0DBC8 · 5%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #7D7753 · 5%

Flax Ground · Yellow family · #CABF95 · 4%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #645E3C · 4%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #B7A667 · 3%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #9CA387 · 1%

Amber Varnish · Orange family · #B27E35 · <1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #444025 · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #9E9F93 · <1%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #ABBC9C · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C19B7E · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #AF6E5A · <1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #556258 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #6B7A75 · <1%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #E8D8D3 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Everett and Ann McNear Collection

11 tags

Deities and Holy Figures Both · 92%

The title identifies the central winged figure as an Angel (Peri), while the image shows a human-like winged figure wearing a crown-like headdress.
Hybrids and Imaginary Creatures Both · 99%

The title identifies a composite camel, and the image visibly depicts a fantastical support or mount assembled from numerous animal forms.
Animals Visual · 98%

Numerous recognizable animals, including mammals and birds, are distributed through the lower and side portions of the composition and contribute to the composite creature.
Related to Music Visual · 95%

The central figure is visibly playing a vertically oriented stringed instrument, making music a direct component of the depicted scene.

Highly Detailed Visual · 97%

The image contains fine linear details in the figures, animals, patterned textiles, canopy, architectural ornament, and border.
Dense Composition Visual · 91%

The lower half and sides are tightly populated by overlapping human and animal figures, despite more open space around the central canopy.

Painting Both · 99%

The museum classification identifies the work as a painting, and the image visibly presents a painted composition.
Work on Paper Both · 99%

The medium is recorded as ink wash, gold, and color on paper, and the image visibly shows a painted work on a paper support.

17th Century Art Metadata · 84%

The catalog gives a date range of 1695–1705 and displays the date as c. 1700, including the final years of the seventeenth century.
18th Century Art Metadata · 84%

The catalog gives a date range of 1695–1705 and displays the date as c. 1700, including the opening years of the eighteenth century.

Gold Metadata · 96%

Gold is explicitly listed in the recorded medium, although its precise distribution is difficult to distinguish in the reproduction.

anonymous. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/62169

Original image ↗ 2,203 × 3,000 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed