Kamod Ragini
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Object Details
- Artist
- Attributed to the Sirohi Master (active ca. 1670-1690)
- School/Tradition
- Sirohi school
- Inscriptions
- Recto: in devanagari script: kamod ragini 28
- Recto: in devanagari script: kamod ragini 28
- Provenance
- To 1967
- Kumar Sangram Singh, Thakur of Nawalgarh [1]
- From 1967 to 2001
- Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Kumar Sangram Singh in December 1967 [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
- [1] It is well known in the field of Indian art history that Kumar Sangram Singh, Thakur of Nawalgarh, had the entire manuscript in the 1960s; prominent art historians viewed it in his Jaipur residence.
- [2] According Catherine Glynn Benkaim, it was purchased December 1967 from Kumar Sangram Singh, Jaipur, who had the whole manuscript.
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Ralph and Catherine Benkaim
- Catherine Glynn Benkaim
- Kumar Sangram Singh (Thakur of Nawalgarh)
- 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
- ca. 1670-1690
- Accession Number
- S2018.1.55
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 23.5 × 17.8 cm (9 1/4 × 7 in)
- Origin
- Sirohi, Rajasthan state, India
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- peacock
- woman
- ragamala
- India
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- twilight
- Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
- Record ID
- fsg_S2018.1.55
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f53be5d3-4119-4aee-8100-ad298c665cc1
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