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Artist:
Hans Raj Joshi (1750-1799)  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (overall): 43.2 × 70.2 cm (17 × 27 5/8 in)
H x W (framed): 61.6 × 86 cm (24 1/4 × 33 7/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Kota, Rajasthan state, India
Date:
1787
School/Tradition:
Kota school
Inscriptions:
Recto: in devanagari script: maharaja dhiraja maharaja maharao raja sri umed singhji bahadur his
Courageous king of kings, great king Umed Singh
Verso: in devanagari script: samvat 1844 vasakih sudi 14, hitvarah din ki jp dim (?) kul thak ajai nahan ghoghari mari…Joshi Hans Raj chuterako, ji ho
Samvat 1844 (1787 CE), fourteenth day of Caisakh, Sunday…killed the…animals.
Painting by Hans Raj Joshi
Painting by Hans Raj Joshi
Provenance:
To 1971
Indian Arts Palace, New Delhi [1]
From 1971 to 2001
Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Indian Arts Palace, New Delhi in December 1971 [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
Notes:
[1] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim.
[2] See note 1.
Collection:
National Museum of Asian Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Life at court: Art for India's Rulers, 16th-19th centuries (November 20, 1985 to May 11, 1986)
Previous custodian or owner:
Indian Arts Palace
Ralph and Catherine Benkaim
Catherine Glynn Benkaim
Topic:
portrait  Search this
tiger  Search this
hunting  Search this
India  Search this
raja  Search this
South Asian and Himalayan Art  Search this
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art
Accession Number:
S2018.1.39
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye36a5a5821-e4fe-4d12-814a-9146ce940b0c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S2018.1.39