Young Woman Smoking a Huqqa

Colors in this work

Artist: Unknown artist
Date: 18th century
Medium: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: Image: 15.7 × 9.3 cm (6 1/8 × 3 5/8 in.); Outermost border: 30.5 × 19.2 cm (12 × 7 1/2 in.); Paper: 31.7 × 20.3 cm (12 1/2 × 8 in.)
Origin: Avadh
Holding institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C4896C · 42%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #AE8D5B · 12%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #A19662 · 11%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #6D4A23 · 8%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #E2DCC4 · 6%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #916035 · 5%

Indigo Banner · Blue family · #434E62 · 3%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #9B7147 · 3%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #D1B497 · 2%

Ochre Kiln · Orange family · #B87343 · 2%

Pine Needle · Green family · #4A5D51 · 2%

Raw Ochre Field · Yellow family · #C69D00 · 2%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #392308 · 1%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #A08E82 · 1%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #7C8A92 · <1%

Dusty Ballet Silk · Pink family · #AF8688 · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #A7B1BC · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #0A0A13 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Lucy Maud Buckingham Memorial

11 tags

Human Figure Both · 99%

A single standing woman occupies the center of the painted scene, with a recognizable face, body, clothing, and gesture.
Landscapes Visual · 95%

The inner scene contains an open field, low horizon, distant landscape, and flowering tree.
Flora Visual · 99%

Flowers, leaves, vines, and branching stems fill the landscape and the surrounding decorative borders.

Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%

The sheet has multiple nested borders and extensive floral ornament distributed across the broad pink surround and inner frames.
Patterns Visual · 99%

Repeated floral motifs, scrolling stems, and small repeated blossoms create patterned surfaces throughout the surround and borders.

Painting Metadata · 99%

The catalog classifies the work as a painting, and the image visibly shows a painted figurative composition.
Watercolor Metadata · 99%

The catalog specifies opaque watercolor and gold on paper; the image shows a finely painted work with opaque, colorful passages.
Work on Paper Both · 99%

The catalog identifies paper as the support, and the image visibly shows a bordered sheet with a surrounding paper field.

18th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to the 18th century, with date bounds of 1699–1799.

Indian Art Both · 99%

The work is identified as originating in Avadh, India, and the image shows South Asian dress, ornament, and a huqqa.

Gold Metadata · 98%

Gold is explicitly listed in the catalog medium and appears visually in small reflective or metallic-looking accents and ornament.

anonymous. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/76893

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