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A lady lying on a bed; a man, kneeling beside her, is busy undressing her
Unknown
(Miniaturist)
Height: 119 mm
Width: 216 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1912)
by
Marlay, Charles Brinsley
17th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1660
Formerly 'Indo-Persian, late 19th Century with strong European influence' (Dr. K.N. Sita Ram (1932.04.06). New attribution, B.W. Robinson.
Bodycolour
White bodycolour
Wash
Ink
Gold
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Bodycolour including some white, pen and ink with wash and gold on paper
Accession number: Marlay 40-pl.39
Primary reference Number: 34953
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: C.80.35 & A-1997
Accession Number: PD.64-1991
Accession Number: P.14345-R-17
Accession Number: M.2-1989
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