Krishna talking with a confidante of Radha from the Rasikapriya
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Object Details
- Artist
- Nuruddin
- Court
- Bikaner Court
- School/Tradition
- Rajput school
- Description
- Krishna kneels on an orange mat in a glade beside a pool with the girl standing before him in conversation. Radha kneels on a yellow mat in the sky above as if in Krishna's thoughts. A pink-flowered creeper entwines about the trunk of a tree on the right, and a cobra approaches its base. The border is red with the inscription on the reverse.
- Inscriptions
- Inscription: On reverse with the date V. S. 1740 and the name of the artist Nuruddin.
- Provenance
- To 1971
- Doris Wiener Gallery, New York [1]
- From 1971 to 1991
- Carter Burden, New York purchased from Doris Wiener Gallery, New York in 1971 [2]
- 1991
- Sale, New York, Sotheby’s, The Carter Burden Collection of Indian Paintings, March 27, 1991, lot no. 22: “An Illustration to the Rasikapriya: Krishna Talking with a Confidante of Radha who is Visualized above with Another Companion” [3]
- From 1991
- Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC purchased at auction, “The Carter Burden Collection of Indian Paintings,” Sotheby’s, New York, March 27, 1991, lot no. 22, “An Illustration to the Rasikapriya: Krishna Talking with a Confidante of Radha who is Visualized above with Another Companion” through Andrew Kahane, Ltd., Oriental Art [4]
- Notes:
- [1] See invoice from Doris Wiener Gallery, Inc., dated March 25, 1971 to Carter Burden, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] See Sotheby’s, New York auction catalogue, The Carter Burden Collection of Indian Paintings, from the sale of March 27, 1991.
- [4] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office. See also correspondences with Andrew Kahane, Ltd., Oriental Art in the object file, Collections Management Office.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)
- South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Doris Wiener Gallery
- Carter Burden
- Sotheby's (New York)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- 1683
- Accession Number
- F1991.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (painting): 19.2 × 13.7 cm (7 9/16 × 5 3/8 in)
- Origin
- Bikaner, Rajasthan state, India
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- tree
- Krishna
- snake
- Radha
- lovers
- child
- Rasikapriya
- India
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1991.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye322d7e3e3-c41a-4abb-b68e-426a45247f92
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