Wedding Ceremony with Brahma in Attendance

Object Details

• School/Tradition

  Ajmer school

• Description

  This painting depicts a wedding ceremony with Brahma in attendance. Holding hands, the couple sits under a canopy of leaves that is supported by posts made from pots stacked one on top of another.

• Provenance

  To 1969

  Kasmin Gallery, London [1]

  From 1969 to 2001

  Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Kasmin Gallery, London in April 1969 [2]

  From 2001 to 2018

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001

  From 2018

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim

  Notes:

  [1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting from Kasmin Gallery, London in April 1969, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records, as relayed by Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kasmin Gallery (English, 1963-1972)

  Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim

• Origin

  Ajmer, Rajasthan state, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1680s, 1670s

• Name

  Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine, Benkaim, Catherine Glynn, Kasmin Gallery

• Place

  Ajmer, Rajasthan state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Brahma? (Hindu deity), Marriage

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings