Sri Krsna with the flute

Historical period(s)
ca. 1790-1800
School
Pahari School
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 20.9 x 23 cm (8 1/4 x 9 1/16 in)
Geography
India, Punjab Hills
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1930.83
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Painting
Type

Painting

Keywords
cow, flute, fly whisk, Gopi, India, Krishna, night
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.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Ajit Ghose

Published References
  • Freer Gallery of Art. Gallery Book IV: Exhibition of September 24, 1934. Washington, September 24, 1934. .
  • Lee Siegel. Sacred and Profane Dimensions of Love in Indian Traditions, as Exemplified in the Gitagovinda of Jayadeva. New Delhi and New York. .
  • D.J. Ehnbom. Indian Miniatures: The Ehrenfeld Collection. New York. pl. 33.
  • Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Rajput Painting: An Account of the Hindu paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century Described in their Relation to Contemporary Thought. 2 vols., New York and London. vol. 1: p. 21.
  • Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Catalogue of the Indian Collections in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston. pp. 6, 13.
  • Larry Ball. 30,000 Years of Art: The Story of Human Creativity Across Time and Space. London and New York, 2007. p. 849.
Collection Area(s)
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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