Devi with Krishna and Vishnu in a Palace

Object Details

• School/Tradition

  Mandi school

• Provenance

  From 1969 to 2001

  Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from dealer, Chhote Bharany, New Delhi, India in the United States in November 1969. [1]

  From 2001 to 2018

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim. [2]

  From 2018

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glyn Benkaim. [3]

  Notes:

  [1] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim dated May 23-24, 2016: all of the Benkaim Bharany paintings were bought in the United States. According to Benkaim, the dealer, Chhote Bharany had two children who went to school in California and relatives in New York City. He brought a lot of paintings to the west. He might have kept caches of paintings in the United States.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See Acquisition Justification Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Chhote Bharany (New Dehli, India)

  Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim

• Origin

  Mandi, Himachal Pradesh 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

  1640s, 1660s

• Name

  Bharany, Chhote, Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine, Benkaim, Catherine Glynn

• Place

  Mandi, Himachal Pradesh state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Vishnu, Art, Krishna, Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Palace, Devi (Hindu deity)

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings