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1620 (ca.), [India], A Gathering of Dervishes [watercolor] -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)

From the exhibition label: The mildly subversive subject of this refined painting is a gathering of mystics, many of whom appear to be under the influence of intoxicating substances. The image blurs the borders between religious ecstasy and dissolution in an early development of a popular genre that took hold in Indian painting.

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Uploaded on April 26, 2024
Taken on April 26, 2024