cover image: Gauri Ragini, folio from a Ragamala

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Gauri Ragini, folio from a Ragamala

To 1969 Nowlakah, Calcutta [1] From 1969 to 2001 Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Nowlakah, Calcutta in 1969 [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 Nowlakah, Calcutta in 1969, 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 Nowlakah Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim Catherine Glynn Benkaim
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Collection
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Date published
ca. 1650
Dates
ca. 1650
Format
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Pages
H x W (painting): 21.6 × 19.3 cm (8 1/2 × 7 5/8 in) H x W (overall): 28.9 × 23.5 cm (11 3/8 × 9 1/4 in)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
S2018.1.41
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/b4817582dfd7daeb4539d30dac0dd3a4

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