Radha Pining for Krishna from a Gita Govinda manuscript

Object Details

• Artist

  Master of the first generation after Nainsukh (active ca. 1710-1778)

• Court

  Kangra Court

• School/Tradition

  Pahari school

• Provenance

  To 2005

  Paul F. Walter, New York to 2005 [1]

  From 2005

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Paul F. Walter in 2005

  Notes:

  [1] Paintings were among the first Indian art objects collected by Paul Walter during the 1960s. This particular page was exhibited at the Pierpont Morgan Library, and at a host of other sites; see the exhibition catalog, Pratapaditya Pal, The Classical Tradition in Rajput Painting (1978), pp. 182-83, pl. 66 (according to Provenance Remark 1, Vidya Dehejia, December 30, 1997, in the object record).

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

  The Classical Tradition in Rajput Painting (December 7, 1978 to June 15, 1980)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Paul F. Walter (1935-2017)

• Origin

  Kangra, Himachal Pradesh state, Punjab Hills, India

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mr. Paul F. Walter

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1770s, 1780s

• Name

  Walter, Paul F.

• Place

  Punjab Hills, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh state, India

• Topic

  Trees, South Asian and Himalayan Art, Landscapes, Art, Krishna, Woman, Radha

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings