Adoration of the Christ Child

Object Details

• Court

  Golconda Court

• School/Tradition

  Deccani school

• Provenance

  To 1907

  Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914), London, to 1907 [1]

  From 1907 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna in 1907 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Original List of Persian and Indian Drawings, S.I. 1573, Miscellaneous section of Inventory, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Masterworks of Indian Painting (December 13, 1997 to June 13, 1998)

  The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court (September 25, 1981 to 30 March 1982)

  Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Golconda, Telangana state, Deccan plateau, India

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1630s, 1620s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Hanna, Henry Bathurst

• Place

  Golconda, Deccan plateau, Telangana state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Jesus Christ, Adoration of the Magi

• Culture

  Christians, Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings