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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.634
People
Unknown Artist
Title
The Sakhi Informs Krishna of Radha's Lovelorn Condition, folio illustrating canto VI of Jayadeva's Gita Govinda
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Gita Govinda
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1785
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215685

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
17.2 x 27.2 cm (6 3/4 x 10 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, NY], sold; to Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Douglas III, Pawling, NY (by 1991), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Douglas III, Class of 1957
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.634
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • From India's Hills and Plains: Rajput Painting from the Punjab and Rajasthan, 17th through 19th Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/1993 - 10/31/1993
  • A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions of Islamic and Later Indian Art, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 06/08/2000 - 09/03/2000

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