H x W (painting): 23.5 × 18.4 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/4 in)
H x W (overall): 31.2 × 24.5 cm (12 5/16 × 9 5/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Bundi or Raghogarh, Rajasthan state, India
Date:
ca. 1680
School/Tradition:
Bundi or Raghogarh school
Provenance:
To 1971
Chhote Bharany, New Delhi [1]
From 1971 to 2001
Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Chhote Bharany, New Delhi in December 1971
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] All of the Benkaim Bharany paintings were bought in the United States, according to Catherine Glynn Benkaim May 23-24, 2016, who further notes that the dealer Chhote Bharany had two children who went to school in California and he had relatives in NYC. Gurshuran Sidhu reported that Bharany took all of his paintings out of India before the Emergency (most probably in 1969) and kept them with William Wolff in New York.