Sawar school To 1967 Nowlakah, Calcutta [1] From 1967 to 2001 Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Nowlakah, Calcutta in December 1967 [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 [1] 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. [2] See note 1. National Museum of Asian Art Collection Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim Catherine Glynn Benkaim Nowlakah
Authors
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- ca. 1680
- Dates
- ca. 1680-1700
- Format
- Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Pages
- H x W (painting): 15.9 × 24.4 cm (6 1/4 × 9 5/8 in) H x W (overall): 18.7 × 26.7 cm (7 3/8 × 10 1/2 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- S2018.1.40
- 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/722187c7f7a2091cdc85889a4a710d68
