Harvard Art Museums > 2009.114: Two women on a balcony Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Two women on a balcony , 2009.114,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 07, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/330733. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2009.114 Title Two women on a balcony Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date early 18th Century Places Creation Place: South Asia, India, Uttar Pradesh, Benares Culture Indian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/330733 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink on paper Dimensions 15.2 x 11.4 cm (6 x 4 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [H.C. Mehra], Calcutta (November 16, 1953); purchased by L.C. and P. Wyman, American couple; gift to Art Complex Museum, 189 Alden Street, Duxbury (1960s); purchase by Kathy Burton Jones [Norman Hurst], Hurst Gallery, 53 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge (2004); gift to Harvard Art Museum (2009). Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Katherine Burton Jones Accession Year 2009 Object Number 2009.114 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This drawing features two women in an elegantly appointed balcony. The kneeling nayika figure sits on a platform tending a flower arrangement, as her attendant waves a flywhisk over her head. The women’s featureswide eyes, highly arched brows, and short rounded nosesreflect traits of Benares regional art. This is most likely a practice sketch of a ragini, a feminine musical mode expressing longing for an absent lover. A short-hand, abbreviated line of Devanagari script may be interpreted to indicate this is a representation of the Kunkini Ragini. Publication History Stages of Depiction: Indian Drawings: 17th-19th Centuries, auct. cat., Hurst Gallery (Cambridge, 2006), pp 43, cat. 18 Exhibition History Stages of Depiction: Indian Drawings: 17th-19th Centuries, Hurst Gallery, 03/18/2006 - 04/15/2006 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
