[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Painting # Painting This idealised portrait of a lady, surrounded by multiple layers of decorative mount, would have been a page in an album rather than viewed as a single painting. Images of beautiful women were frequently used as double-page spreads in albums, often alternating with pages of calligraphy. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1745–1754 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-122-1911](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-122-1911) · Pramāṇa