Une Nautch, from "Twenty four Plates Illustrative of Hindoo and European Manners in Bengal"
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (25.3 × 35.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1970
Accession Number
1970.538.4 (4)
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Une Nautch" is a captivating hand-colored lithograph from1832, part of the series *Twenty-four Plates Illustrative of Hind and European Manners in*. Created by Mrs. Belnos in collaboration with Jean Jacques Bel and Alexandre-Marie Colin, depicts a lively Nautch—a traditional Indian dance performance—aturing elegant women dancers accompanied by male musicians playing various instruments. The scene vibrantly captures the cultural rhythms of Bengal, blending grace and festivity in a moment frozen in time. Lithography, a innovative 19th-century printing technique, allowed for precise reproductio...
About the Artist
Mrs. Belnos|Jean Jacques Belnos|Alexandre-Marie Colin (French| |French) · 1798 |1800 |1800 –1875 |1900 |1900
French, Paris 1798–1875 Paris| |French, active 1933