Curator Tour | Real & Ideal: Representing Women in South Asian Art

Join curator Debra Diamond for a tour exploring Buddhist, Hindu, and Indo-Islamic portrayals of women in South Asian art. Highlights include a 3rd-century relief of the Buddha’s mother, a 10th-century bronze of a powerful Hindu queen, and 17th- and 18th-century Mughal paintings depicting women both real and ideal.

Please meet at gallery 1 for the tour. We recommend you register in advance.

Image: Jahangir and Prince Khurram Entertained by Nur Jahan; North India; Mughal dynasty, ca. 1640–1650; opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection, Gift of Charles Lang Freer, Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1907.258

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National Museum of Asian Art - West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Galleries 1 & 2, 1050 Independence Avenue Southwest, Washington, United States

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