A PRINCESS LISTENING TO MUSICNURPUR, NORTH INDIA, 1770-80A PRINCESS LISTENING TO MUSICNURPUR, NORTH INDIA, 1770-80Opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver on paper, set within red margin and black and white rules, the reverse plainPainting 6 3/8 x 10 1/2in. (16.4 x 26.8cm.); folio 6 7/8 x 11 1/8in. (17.7 x 28.2cm.)The arrangement of figures seated on a terrace, one turning backwards to talk, whilst listening to music was a recurring one of Nurpur painting in the mid-18th century (see Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London, 1976, Nurpur 30, 32, and 73). Unlike earlier Nurpur paintings, the present lot does have the typically elongated figures associated with the school. Instead we see greater influence of the neighbouring Guler school which became particularly strong in the second half of the 18th century. For a small state it was Nurpur’s location at the mouth of the Kangra valley that gave it importance allowing for painting to flourish in the 18th century. Also exhibited in the present lot is the distinctive handling of trees, something Archer labels as “unusual” (op.cit., p.385). Similar Nurpur paintings have been sold at Christie’s New York, 20 March 2012, lot 295 and in these Rooms, 23 September 2005, lot 69.细节 A PRINCESS LISTENING TO MUSICNURPUR, NORTH INDIA, 1770-80Opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver on paper, set within red margin and black and white rules, the reverse plainPainting 6 3/8 x 10 1/2in. (16.4 x 26.8cm.); folio 6 7/8 x 11 1/8in. (17.7 x 28.2cm.) 出版 L.V. Habighorst, L. Reichart, P.A. and V. Sharma, Love for Pleasure: Betel, Tobacco, Wine and Drugs in IndianMiniatures, Ragaputra Edition, Koblenz, 2007. Published in German as Genuss und Rausch. Betel, Tabak, Wein und Rauschdrogen in indischen Miniaturen, Ragaputra Edition, Koblenz, 2007, fig. 41, p. 67V. Sharma, Kangra ki citramkan parampara, Chamba, 2010, p. 102Francesca Galloway, Indian Paintings from the Ludwig Habighorst Collection, London, 2018, no. 9 展览 Genuss und Rausch - Betel, Tabak, Wein, Hasch und Opium in der indischen Malerei, Zürich, Museum Rietberg, 2010