Rukmini elopes with Krishna, folio from a Bhagavata Purana

Garhwal school Recto: numerals 18 in madder brown over the blue sky Verso: three lines of devanagari text about the painting’s subject; the number 16 above the text To 1964 Ray E. Lewis (1923-2005), San Francisco, California. [1] From 1964 to 2001 Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Ray E. Lewis, San Francisco, California in March 1964. [2] From 2001 to 2018 Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001. [3] From 2018 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [4] [1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting in 1964 from R.E. Lewis, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records via Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [2] See note 1. [3] See note 1. [4] See Acquisition Justification Form, object file, Collections Management Office. National Museum of Asian Art Collection Ray E. Lewis (1923-2005) Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim Catherine Glynn Benkaim