Meeting at a Calamitous Moment from a Rasikapriya of Keshav Das
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Period
ca. 1660 -
Geography
Udaipur, Rajasthan state, Mewar, India -
Material
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper -
Dimension
H x W: 28.9 x 23.5 cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/4 in) -
Accession Number
F1998.309 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1998.309
Object Details
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Court
Mewar Court -
School/Tradition
Rajput school -
Provenance
1960Sri Motichand Khajanchi, Bikaner, India, in 1960 [1]From 1961 to 1972Stuart Cary Welch, Warner, NH, from 1961 [2]From 1972 to 1998R.E. Lewis, Belvedere, CA, purchased at auction, Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Sotheby's, London, December 12, 1972, lot no. 87 [3]From 1998Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from R.E. Lewis in 1998Notes:[1] According to Curatorial Note 5, Milo C. Beach, November 1998, in the object record.[2] See note 1.[3] See note 1. Also, Curatorial Note 5, Milo C. Beach, November 1998, in the object record indicates that a private collector in California might have owned the object for a period, having purchased it from R.E. Lewis at some point before R.E. Lewis eventually sold the object to the Freer Gallery of Art. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Untitled Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum (1962) -
Previous custodian or owner
Sri Moti Chand KhajanchiStuart Cary Welch (1928-2008)R. E. Lewis, Inc. (active 1952-1999) -
Origin
Udaipur, Rajasthan state, Mewar, India -
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment -
Type
Painting -
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