A European Woman Pouring Wine into a Cup (c. 1710–20): Art, History and Details

A European Woman Pouring Wine into a Cup (c. 1710–20) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

A woman looks sharply, almost surreptitiously, to one side as she pours wine from a red glass bottle. She has long and curly tresses and a green beret inspired by European styles, though she wears Indian jewelry. Images loosely based on prints that made their way to India from Europe were in vogue in Rajasthan during the 18th century.

Object facts

• Title: A European Woman Pouring Wine into a Cup
• Date: c. 1710–20
• Type: Painting
• Technique: gum tempera and gold on paper
• Dimensions: Miniature: 45.5 x 30.3 cm (17 15/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
• Collection: Indian Art
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 2018.143

A detail from the museum

The black-and-white coloration and shading of her face indicate that this painting was made to look like a colored etching.

Collection credit

Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund

View the collection record

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