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Catalog Data

Artist:
Ruknuddin (active ca. 1650-1697)  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
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.
[3] See note 2.
Collection:
National Museum of Asian Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner:
Sri Moti Chand Khajanchi
Nowlakah
Ralph and Catherine Benkaim
Catherine Glynn Benkaim
Topic:
Krishna  Search this
Radha  Search this
Gopi  Search this
Rasikapriya  Search this
India  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:
S2018.1.43
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/ye3476d5de8-ceb4-4531-b6b9-f3f1c9a389b8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S2018.1.43