The lover (Krsna) in conversation with the messenger from the beloved, from a Rasikapriya

Object Details

• Court

  Mughal Court

• School/Tradition

  Mughal school

• Provenance

  1931

  Anada K. Coomaraswamy, Boston 1931 [1]

  From 1931

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Anada K. Coomaraswamy, Boston in 1931 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.

  [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  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, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947)

• Origin

  Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1610s, 1620s

• Name

  Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.

• Place

  Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, India

• Topic

  Lovers, South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Krishna, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Rasikapriya, Messenger

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians, Hindus

• Object Type

  Paintings