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| Keywords: Indian - Embracing Lovers with Sparklers - Walters W870.jpg Embracing lovers were a popular subject in 18th-century court circles especially in the pleasure-loving atmosphere that prevailed among the rulers and nobles of Oudh state in Uttar Pradesh just before its takeover by the British This delicate picture shows lovers dancing on a terrace With exquisitely detailed attire their forms are brilliantly illuminated by the glow from the sparklers which have also caused the billowing smoke above Noteworthy is the technique of rendering the tiny silver sparks of the two sparklers The picture may have been painted by Faizullah one of the artists working at the Oudh court ca 1775 pigments paper cm 18 4 11 4 accession number W 870 32749 John and Berthe Ford Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2001 place of origin Lucknow Uttar Pradesh India Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings of India in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review 18th-century Mughal miniatures Erotic art of India Mughal miniatures in the Walters Art Museum 1770s paintings from India | ||||
