Krishna playing with the gopis, folio from a Rasikpriya

Bikaner school Between two trees Krishna, wearing a gold crown, dances with two gopis, while another watches. In the foreground a confidant speaks to Radha seated outside a building. Verso: in nagari script: rukdin ro sam. 1743 pota raskapriya am.52. By Ruknuddin, folio 52 of the Rasikpriya done in vs. 1743/a.d.1686 To 1967 Sri Moti Chand Khajanchi, Bikaner [1] 1967 Nowlakah, Calcutta [2] From 1967 to 2001 Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Nowlakah, Calcutta in December 1967 [3] 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] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [2] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting from Nowlakah, Calcutta 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. [3] See note 2. National Museum of Asian Art Collection Sri Moti Chand Khajanchi (India, Bikaner) Nowlakah Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim Catherine Glynn Benkaim