Bikaner school Radha, seated on a balcony, gazes at Krishna as he approaches. Lush trees and a stormy sky in the background. Verso: in nagari script: rasakpriya nur mahmad ja 4 sam [vat] 1747 [? yeh?] sudi am 3 The Rasikpriya by Nur Muhammad in vs. 1747/1690 c on the third day of the moonlit half of the month of [?]. [no.] 14 A verse in a second hand: sri….prabhav 6. To 1967 Sri Moti Chand Khajanchi, Bikaner [1] From 1967 to 2001 Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Sri Moti Chand Khajanchi, Bikaner in December [2] From 2001 to 2018 Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001 From 2018 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim Notes: [1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting from Sri Moti Chand Khajanchi, Bikaner in December 1967, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records, as relayed by Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [2] See note 1. National Museum of Asian Art Collection Sri Moti Chand Khajanchi (India, Bikaner) Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim Catherine Glynn Benkaim
Authors
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- dated 1690
- Dates
- dated 1690
- Format
- Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Pages
- H x W (overall): 19 × 14 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/2 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- S2018.1.45
- Rights
- Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/34b473ac6c9e58b7b9b826d22520f8b8