- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1995.107
- People
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Unknown Artist
- Title
- The Great Orgy of Maharao Shatru Sal II
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting
- Date
- mid 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Kota
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/310594
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; Rajput Style, Kota School
- Dimensions
- 34.8 x 24.5 cm (13 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
framed: 57.47 x 43.5 x 2.22 cm (22 5/8 x 17 1/8 x 7/8 in.)
- Acquisition and Rights
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- 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
- 1995.107
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- The painting features a fanciful orgy participated in by men, women, and animals. On the left, the large male figure is Kota ruler Maharao Shatru Sal II (r. 1866-89). His stature represents his royal status. Rajput Style, Kota School.
- Publication History
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Elizabeth Finch, ed., Rajasthani Miniatures: The Welch Collection from the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, exh. cat., The Drawing Center (New York, NY, 1997), page 33
- Exhibition History
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Poignant, Picturesque, and Berserk Northern Indian Paintings and Objects of the Seventeenth through Nineteenth Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/08/1992 - 10/04/1992
Indian Harvest: Part 1, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/30/1995 - 01/21/1996
Rajasthani Miniatures: The Welch Collection at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, The Drawing Center, New York, 04/16/1997 - 06/07/1997
Women in South Asian Art, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/26/2017 - 01/07/2018
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