Rao Ram Chandra of Bedla on a swing
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Object Details
- Artist
- Attributed to Shahji
- School/Tradition
- Mewar school
- Provenance
- To 1969
- Indian Arts Palace, New Delhi [1]
- From 1969 to 2001
- Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Indian Arts Palace, New Delhi in November 1969 [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] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting from Indian Arts Palace, New Delhi in November 1969, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to Ralph Benkaim’s personal records, as relayed by Catherine Glynn Benkaim.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- A Flower from Every Meadow: Indian Paintings from American Collections (April 12, 1973 to November 11, 1973)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Indian Arts Palace
- Ralph and Catherine Benkaim
- Catherine Glynn Benkaim
- 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. 1740s
- Accession Number
- S2018.1.24
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (painting): 32.4 × 22.3 cm (12 3/4 × 8 3/4 in)
- Origin
- Mewar, 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
- night
- woman
- man
- India
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- attendant
- Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
- Record ID
- fsg_S2018.1.24
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3caec7d56-74e4-41ca-a17f-995dc69e9499
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