Krishna and Radha at the Dwarka Shrine

Object Details

• School/Tradition

  Amber school

• Provenance

  To 1981

  Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York, New York [1]

  From 1981 to 2001

  Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York, New York in May 1981 [2]

  From 2001 to 2008

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

  From 2018

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

  Notes:

  [1] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

  [2] See note 1.

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

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Vishnu: Hindu's Blue-skinned Saviour (February to October, 2011)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Terence McInerney Fine Arts, Ltd. (active 1990-2013)

  Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

  Catherine Glynn Benkaim

• Origin

  Amber, 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

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1680s, 1670s

• Name

  Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine, Benkaim, Catherine Glynn, McInerney, Terence

• Place

  Amber, Rajasthan state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Shrine, Art, Krishna, Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Radha

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings