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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.9
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Madhava Swooning before Kamakandala, Folio from a Madhavanala and Kamakandala series
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Madhavanala and Kamakandala
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1840
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Kota
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216328

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
30.8 × 23.5 cm (12 1/8 × 9 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Kenneth Galbraith
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.9
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Stuart Cary Welch and Mark Zebrowski, A Flower from Every Meadow: Indian Paintings from American Collections, exh. cat., New York Graphic SocietyNew York Graphic Society (New York, NY, 1973), Page 50-51/Figure 23
  • Molly Aitken, The Intelligence of Tradition in Rajput Court Painting, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010), p. 239, fig. 5.32

Exhibition History

  • From India's Hills and Plains: Rajput Painting from the Punjab and Rajasthan, 17th through 19th Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/1993 - 10/31/1993
  • The Grace of White: Indian Paintings and Objects, 16th-19th Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/23/1994 - 09/29/1994
  • The Sensuous and the Sublime: Representations of Love in the Arts of the Middle East and Southern Asia, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/07/2001 - 12/30/2001

Verification Level

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