4 avril 2009
VMFA Acquires "Spectacular" Picture Scroll From India and 1888 Oil Portrait by "Best Woman Painter in History"
VMFA has acquired a rare 18th- or early-19th-century scroll from the Andhra Pradesh region of India. This detail illustrates the scroll's story of a caste known as the Gaudas, who make and sell an alcoholic toddy from the sap of palmyra trees. (Photo...