Vihagra Raga-Putra son of Sri Raga from a Ragamala

Object Details

• Court

  Nurpur Court

• School/Tradition

  Pahari school

• Provenance

  To 1999

  Francesca Galloway, London, to 1999 [1]

  From 1999

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Francesca Galloway in 1999

  Notes:

  [1] The series to which this painting belongs is known to have been outside India from around 1963; see W.G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1973), p. 43 (according to Curatorial Note 3, Vidya Dehejia, January 13, 1999, in the object record).

• 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)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Francesca Galloway, Ltd. (established 1992)

• Origin

  Nurpur, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab Hills, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1690s, 1680s

• Name

  Galloway, Francesca Marigold

• Place

  Punjab Hills, Nurpur, Kashmir, Jammu, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Ragamala

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings