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A Sexual Encounter
Content Provider | The Heritage Lab |
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Artist | Anonymous |
Organization | Walters Art Museum |
Spatial Coverage | Madhya Pradesh Malwa |
Temporal Coverage | Between 1675 and 1700 |
Description | Such paintings as this were not made for titillation, but for education in the art of sex. They illustrate postures described in various sexual manuals, such as Vatsyayana’s well-known “Kamasutra.” In this Malwa picture the lovers are engaged in the act on a bed that sits in a pavilion with a peacock on its roof beside a tree. A yellow panel along the top was clearly meant to include a description. The band below is adorned with a white meandering vine on red ground. Both figures have fair complexions, but he is more tanned than she. |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Access Restriction | Open |
Rights License | CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication |
Use Rights URL | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed |
Subject Keyword | Intimacy Madhya Pradesh Malwa Painting Rajput Miniature Walters Art Museum |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Painting |