THE STORM IS APPROACHING
Provincial Pahari Hills School, North India, 19th century

Opaque pigments on paper, the vertical composition depicting a maiden holding her shawl over her head as the wind blows it in the opposite direction, her long black hair and emerald green top highlighting her beauty and thin figure, a dark blue cloud hovering over the white marble palace and announcing an imminent storm, set within black rules and light blue borders, 18.5cm x 13cm.