Harvard Art Museums > 1995.66: Battle Scene (painting, recto), folio fragment from a Bhagavata Purana series Manuscripts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Battle Scene (painting, recto), folio fragment from a Bhagavata Purana series , 1995.66,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/1428. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1995.66 Title Battle Scene (painting, recto), folio fragment from a Bhagavata Purana series Other Titles Series/Book Title: The 'Dispersed' Bhagavata Purana Series; also known as the 'Palam' Bhagavata Purana or 'Sa Mitharam - Sa Nana' Bhagavata Purana. Classification Manuscripts Work Type painting Date c.1540 Places Creation Place: South Asia, India, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-Agra region Culture Indian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/1428 Physical Descriptions Medium Opaque watercolor on paper Dimensions 17.9 x 24 cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift in gratitude to John Coolidge, Gift of Leslie Cheek, Jr., Anonymous Fund in memory of Henry Berg, Louise Haskell Daly, Alpheus Hyatt, Richard Norton Memorial Funds and through the generosity of Albert H. Gordon and Emily Rauh Pulitzer; formerly in the collection of Stuart Cary Welch, Jr. Accession Year 1995 Object Number 1995.66 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This folio depicts figures marching into battle on chariots and horse-backs, drawing their weapons towards their enemy. This folio is part of a four-folio scene, which, combined, would create a large battle painting. It is possible that this folio, along with the other three, was made sometime after the Dispersed Bhagavata Purana series was completed to accompany the series. There is no text on the reverse of this folio. This painting belongs to the 'Dispersed' Bhagavata Purana series, produced in the early 16th century, possibly in Mathura. The series, possibly consisting of 360 such folios, is based on the tenth book of the Bhagavata Purana, which describes the story of Krishna, particularly his childhood and youth. This series was one of South Asia's earliest illustrated Bhagavata Purana manuscripts. Other folios from the same Bhagavata Purana series in the Harvard Art Museum’s collection are objects 1963.145, 1974.124, 1974.125, 1974.126, 1974.127, 1992.283, 1995.67, 1995.68. Caurapancasika-group style. Exhibition History Indian Harvest: Part 1, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/30/1995 - 01/21/1996 A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions of Islamic and Later Indian Art, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 06/08/2000 - 09/03/2000 Re-View: Arts of India & the Islamic Lands, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/26/2008 - 06/01/2013 Re-View: S231 (Islamic rotation: 6) I was not Waving but Drowning, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 12/03/2010 - 04/02/2011 Subjects and Contexts Collection Highlights Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
