Melancholy Courtesan, ca. 1750, India (Rajasthan, Bundi, or Kota [? ]), Ink, gold and opaque watercolor on paper, 12 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. (32. 7 x 27. 3 cm), Paintings, Of the several pictures of this type that are known, this example is the finest. No inscription identifies the subject, but the painting is probably the idealized portrait of a courtesan. She has raised a small cup to her lips and seems lost in reverie