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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.202.7
Title
An Ascetic (Shri Ram Vallabhai) and Other Sketches
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1800
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Kota
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/217747

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper; Rajput Style
Dimensions
18.8 x 16.2 cm (7 3/8 x 6 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1969 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1969.

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
2009.202.7
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The largest figure on this page of sketches is a Hindu ascetic seated cross-legged with his hands clasped in front of him. He wears a beaded necklace. He bears a thin mustache. The ascetic’s head is shaved with the exception of a sikha, a tuft of hair on the top of the head worn by male orthodox Hindus. The remaining sketches include pairs of monkeys, a portrait of a female head, a cluster of lotus pads, another male figure with a disc-like hat, flowers, and a rocky outcrop with a deer or gazelle. Rajput Style.

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