Untitled (Portrait of a Woman in Gray Sari and Veil)
Unknown Artist
1900s
Medium
Gelatin silver print, hand colored
Dimensions
image: 15 × 10.9 cm · mounted: 16.3 × 12 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John Cook Memorial Fund
Accession Number
2017.11
About this artwork
This hand-tinted portrait photograph is a modern example of a tradition in Indian painting that extends back to the mid-1800s. Having a photograph hand painted required an extra charge, but made the portraits more lifelike and endowed them with the status of a luxury item, akin to painted portraiture.