2009.202.231: Indian Village in a Mountainous Landscape with Islamic Building

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2009.202.231

People

Unknown Artist

Title

Indian Village in a Mountainous Landscape with Islamic Building

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

mid-19th century

Places

Creation Place: South Asia, India

Culture

Indian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/217217

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions

14.4 x 10 cm (5 11/16 x 3 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Stuart Cary Welch (by 1969 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1969.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch

Accession Year

2009

Object Number

2009.202.231

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

This painting features a small Indian village set against a mountain-scape. The village consists of several huts and a large domed structure, which is probably an Islamic building. A large, lush tree stands in the center of the image. The scene is rendered in a European style.

Publication History

• Stuart Cary Welch, Room for Wonder : Indian Painting During the British Period, 1760-1880, exh. cat., American Federation of Arts (New York, NY, 1978), Page 136-137/Figure 61a

Exhibition History

• Viewing Architecture: Paintings and Photographs of Indian Architecture, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/14/1984 - 09/17/1984

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