Francesco Renaldi (1755-1798) was an English-born portraitist of Italian descent who worked in India from 1786 to 1796. His refined oil paintings, including depictions of Mughal women, captured colonial-era elegance and cultural nuance. Renaldi’s work blends academic technique with rich South Asian detail, offering rare glimpses into 18th-century aristocracy.
Francesco Renaldi’s Muslim Lady Reclining (1789) portrays an Indian woman lounging indoors with a hookah. Painted in Dacca (now Dhaka, Bangladesh), the oil-on-canvas work captures her adorned in silver jewelry—nose ring, anklets, bracelets—and richly patterned textiles. Her serene gaze and relaxed posture evoke quiet dignity, while the detailed interior, with rugs, pillows, and a tray, reflects colonial fascination with Eastern opulence. The portrait blends portraiture with genre painting, offering a rare glimpse into 18th-century Indo-British aesthetics and the nuanced cultural intersections of its time.
Francesco Renaldi (1755-1798) was an English-born portraitist of Italian descent who worked in India from 1786 to 1796. His refined oil paintings, including depictions of Mughal women, captured colonial-era elegance and cultural nuance. Renaldi’s work blends academic technique with rich South Asian detail, offering rare glimpses into 18th-century aristocracy.
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Francesco Renaldi’s Muslim Lady Reclining (1789) portrays an Indian woman lounging indoors with a hookah. Painted in Dacca (now Dhaka, Bangladesh), the oil-on-canvas work captures her adorned in silver jewelry—nose ring, anklets, bracelets—and richly patterned textiles. Her serene gaze and relaxed posture evoke quiet dignity, while the detailed interior, with rugs, pillows, and a tray, reflects colonial fascination with Eastern opulence. The portrait blends portraiture with genre painting, offering a rare glimpse into 18th-century Indo-British aesthetics and the nuanced cultural intersections of its time.
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