Durbar of Eighteen Princes

Object Details

• School/Tradition

  Deccani school

• Provenance

  Circa 1930

  Léonce Rosenberg, Paris, circa 1930 [1]

  Private collection, Paris [2]

  To 1997

  Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York City, to 1997

  From 1997

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd. in 1997

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 3, Vidya Dehejia, November 17, 1997, in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Body Image (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

  Beyond the Legacy--Anniversary Acquisitions of the Freer Gallery of Art (October 11, 1998 to April 11, 1999)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947)

  Terence McInerney Fine Arts, Ltd. (active 1990-2013)

• Origin

  Probably Hyderabad, Telangana state, Deccan plateau, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• On View

  Freer Gallery 01: Body Image: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1680s, 1670s

• Name

  McInerney, Terence, Rosenberg, Léonce

• Place

  Deccan plateau, Hyderabad, Telangana state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Qutb Shani dynasty (1518-1687)

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings

• On View

  Yes