A portrait of a European lady at a window,
Mughal India, circa 1740,?

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, wearing a floral studded gold hat at a jaroka window, a textile canopy above, the window's spandrels worked as inverted lotus buds, the sill with a floral border laid on card, mounted?

11.2 x 6.9cm.?

Provenance :
A private English Collection; Christie's South Kensington, 10 June 2013, lot 89
This painting is in very good condition. An inspection under U. V reveals some very minute, near imperceptible, specks of losses only affecting the black background and perhaps one or two the canopy above. Two of those very minute specks can be seen when closely and carefully inspecting the background near the sitter's actual right side spandrel. Under U. V, the edges render a darker hue suggesting water staining (more marked to the lower left corner), perhaps explaining the work being removed from its album page margins and borders to be skillfully re-laid on card.

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