H x W (painting): 19.3 × 13.5 cm (7 5/8 × 5 5/16 in)
H x W (overall): 26.2 × 18.4 cm (10 5/16 × 7 1/4 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Bikaner, Rajasthan state, India
Date:
dated 1686 (Samvat 1743)
School/Tradition:
Bikaner school
Description:
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.
Inscriptions:
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
Provenance:
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.