cover image: Krishna steals the clothes of the gopis, folio from a Bhagavata Purana

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Krishna steals the clothes of the gopis, folio from a Bhagavata Purana

Bikaner school Recto: 31 Verso in nagari script: gopiyan keva satra hara kadam parchad. In a smaller, neater hand: dasam rai adhyaya ba 22 pano…2. Purple stamp and Khet Singh signature stamped out with purple ink. Various other inventory numbers. From 1690 to possibly ca. 1960s Bikaner royal family, (modern-day Rajasthan, India) [1] To 1978 Toby Falk (1942-1997), London [2] From 1978 to 2001 Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Toby Falk, London in April 1978 [3] From 2001 to 2018 Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, ownership was transferred after the death of her husband, Ralph Benkaim in 2001 [3] From 2018 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim [4] Notes: [1] According to information given by Catherine Glynn Benkaim on June 14, 2016, the Raja of Bikaner began selling off his collection in the 1960s. [2] According to information from Ralph Benkaim’s record, communicated through Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [3] See note 2. [4] See Acquisition Justification Form, object file, Collections Management Office. [5] See note 4 National Museum of Asian Art Collection Vishnu: Hindu's Blue-skinned Saviour (February to October, 2011) Maharaja of Bikaner (Bikaner, Rajasthan state, India) Toby Falk (1942-1997) 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. 1690
Dates
ca. 1690-1700
Format
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Pages
H x W (painting): 17.2 × 12.4 cm (6 3/4 × 4 7/8 in) H x W (overall): 21.3 × 15 cm (8 3/8 × 5 15/16 in)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
S2018.1.46
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/80763627f3b21782a2affdea56f2da34

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