Harvard Art Museums > 2009.202.196: A Royal Figure and Several Courtesans Engaged in Amorous Activities Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"A Royal Figure and Several Courtesans Engaged in Amorous Activities , 2009.202.196,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/217612. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2009.202.196 Title A Royal Figure and Several Courtesans Engaged in Amorous Activities Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1840 Places Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Kota Culture Indian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/217612 Physical Descriptions Medium Green-brown ink on blue-gray paper; pricked; Rajput Style, Kota School Dimensions 14.8 x 14.5 cm (5 13/16 x 5 11/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Stuart Cary Welch (by 1979 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum. Notes: Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1979. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch Accession Year 2009 Object Number 2009.202.196 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 The fragmentary drawing depicts a royal figure engaging in amorous activities with three courtesans. The royal figure’s status is indicated by the bejeweled turban ornament. On the left is a partial rendering of a pair of hands holding up a mirror to the royal figure. Rajput style, Kota school. Publication History Kavita Singh, "Congress of Kings: Notes on a Painting of Muhammad Shah Rangeela Having Sex", Marg: A Magazine of the Arts (Mumbai, June-September 2023), vol. 74, no. 4 and vol. 75, no. 1, pp. 250-257, pp. 252, 255, fig. 11 Philip Rawson, Die Erotische Kunst des Ostens (Hamburg, 1969), col. pl. VI Stuart Cary Welch and Kim Masteller, From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection, exh. cat., Yale University Press (New Haven, 2004), p. 32, fig. 26 (detail); p. 166-167, no. 56 Anna Jackson, Amin Jaffer, and Deepika Ahlawat, ed., Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Court, Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2009), pp 63, fig. 46 Exhibition History Indian and Persian Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/25/1987 - 06/21/1987 Linear Graces ... and Disgraces: Part I, Drawings from the Courts of Persia, Turkey, and India, 15th-19th Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/15/1994 - 12/11/1994 From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Persian, Turkish, and Indian Drawings from SCWelch, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/19/2005 - 06/02/2005 Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 10/10/2009 - 01/17/2010; Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 02/12/2010 - 05/24/2010 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be 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
