Unknown Artist
- Title
- The month of Bhadon, from a series Baramasa series (Songs of the twelve months)
- Other titles:
- Illustrations to a Baramasa (twelve seasons)
- Place of origin
-
Bundi →
Rajasthan →
India
- Period
- Rajput circa 1500 - 1947 → India
- Year
- circa 1675
- Media categories
- Miniature, Painting, Watercolour
- Materials used
- opaque watercolour with gold on paper
- Dimensions
-
25.3 x 16.3cm image; 30.5 x 21.3cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Margaret Hannah Olley Art Trust 1991
- Accession number
- 370.1991
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The month of Bhadon (August-September), during the monsoon season, is a time when men return home from their work away from the village; it is a time when they are re-united with their lovers, wives and families. In this painting from the kingdom of Bundi in Rajasthan, the hero and the heroine stand on a balcony, looking out over the monsoon scene. The skies are dark, illuminated only by flashes of thunder and the landscape is lush and green. Rajput artists rarely sketched from nature but drew their repertoire of birds, plants and animals from memory. Here the artist has rendered the scene playfully, with animals leaping and cavorting in the pouring rain.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.41.
- Bibliography (5)
-
Author Unknown (Author), Islamic and Indian Art. Oriental manuscripts and miniatures., London, Oct 1991, 227 (colour illus.). cat. no. 805
Haema Sivanesan (Australia) (Assistant Curator), Indian Painting, Sydney, 2001. cat.no. 2.4
Look Jul 2002, Jul 2002, 34 (colour illus.).
Yashodhara: Six Seasons Without You 2003, 2003, cover (colour illus.).
'Mughals and Maharajas: The Miniature Paintings of Courtly India', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 41 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (3)
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Great gifts, great patrons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Aug 1994–19 Oct 1994.
Indian Painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 Apr 2001–11 Jun 2001.
Intimate Encounters: Indian paintings from Australian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Feb 2007–04 May 2007.
