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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.178
People
Unknown Artist
Title
After a Night of Lovemaking, Radha Asks Krishna to Place Jeweled Anklets on her Feet, folio illustrating canto XII, verse 25 of Jayadeva's Gita Govinda
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Gita Govinda
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1775-1780
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra
Period
Mughal period
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215972

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
24.77 x 14.61 cm (9 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, NY (by 1979)], sold; to Suzanne and Frederic Weinstein, Boston, MA (1979 – 1991), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Suzanne and Frederic Weinstein in memory of Eleanor Dodge Barton and Marjorie R. Hubbard
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.178
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Hot as Curry - Subtle as Moonlight: Masterpieces of Rajput Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/02/1991 - 12/20/1991
  • 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

Verification Level

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