The Wedding of Nala and Damayanti from a Nala-Damayanti series

Object Details

• School/Tradition

  Guler School

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)

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

  Hindu and Buddhist Art (April 1, 1982 to July 18, 1983)

  The Brush of the Masters: Drawings from India (October 14, 1978 to May 15, 1979)

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

• Origin

  Himachal Pradesh state, Punjab Hills, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1800s, 1770s

• Place

  Punjab Hills, Himachal Pradesh state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Nala Damayanti, Marriage

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings