Bangal ragini from a Ragamala series
Object Details
- Court
- Malwa Court
- School/Tradition
- Central Indian school
- Provenance
- To 1930
- Ajit Ghose, Calcutta to 1930 [1]
- From 1930
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Ajit Ghose, Calcutta in 1930 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)
- Hindu and Buddhist Art (January 28, 1981 to September 24, 1981)
- Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)
- Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)
- Centennial Exhibition, West Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)
- Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Painting, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to November 28, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 7 (January 10, 1945 to October 2, 1947)
- Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)
- Untitled Exhibition, Persian Art (March 14, 1931 to May 5, 1933)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Ajit Ghose
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- ca. 1650
- Accession Number
- F1930.81
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 22 x 16.4 cm (8 11/16 x 6 7/16 in)
- Style
- Malwa style
- Origin
- Madhya Pradesh state, Malwa, India
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- peacock
- music
- night
- ascetic
- ragamala
- India
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1930.81
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye375f51b1f-9098-461c-b62f-59a37e5a768e
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