PORTRAIT OF A EUROPEAN MISTRESS STANDING AT A WINDOW
INDIA, COMPANY SCHOOL, KISHANGARH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
gouache on paper, depicting a half portrait of a young European lady behind red window sill, she is dressed in a striped blue and white dress, a red cloak and a green bonnet, mounted, glazed and framed
Dimensions
22cm x 14cm
Provenance
Formerly, the collection of the late Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927-2013).
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE, was a novelist and screenwriter who held both British and American citizenship. She gained widespread recognition for her long-standing partnership with Merchant Ivory Productions, the acclaimed team of director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant.