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A Pair of Ducks
A pair of ducks is depicted in their natural surroundings. One of the birds is twisting its neck in a curious fashion to regard its companion in the water. The green background and narrow strip of blue sky introduce an element of depth into the scene. Meticulously executed miniature paintings of plants and animals were extremely popular at the Mughal court, especially during the reign of Emperor J…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- brush
- Brush
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- brush
- Brush
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1650
- 1650
Place-Time
- second quarter 17th century
- third quarter 17th century
Places
- India
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.890
- India
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.353958
- RP-T-1997-14
Extent
- height 156 mm
- width 88 mm
- height 283 mm
- width 175 mm
Format
- paper
- deck paint
- gouache (paint)
- Paper
- Gouache paint
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: tekeningen
Year
- 1650
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:11:15.915Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:35:55.944Z