A Couple (from the series Costumes and Professions)

Date

mid-1800s

Medium

Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Origin

South India, Tanjore, 19th century

Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Nearest in the field

• Nitai and Gaur
• Pravira Kneeling at the Feet of Jana
• Maid bringing a hookah to a lady (recto), from a Kalighat album
• Barber Cleaning a Woman’s Ear
• Krishna and Balarama touching the feet of Vasudeva and Devaki, from the “Vertical” Bhagavata Purana
• Goddesses Lakshmi and Sarasvati (verso), from a Kalighat album
• Parivati Placing a Wedding Garland on Shiva (verso)
• Vaishnava Devotee with Two Women

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