1995.104: A Priest makes Offerings to Shrinathji at Jal Vihar (Water Sports Ceremony)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1995.104

People

Unknown Artist

Title

A Priest makes Offerings to Shrinathji at Jal Vihar (Water Sports Ceremony)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1831

Places

Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Kota

Culture

Indian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/310643

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Opaque watercolor, gold and metallic gray watercolor on paper

Dimensions

image: 23.4 x 18 cm (9 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
framed: 48.58 x 38.42 x 2.22 cm (19 1/8 x 15 1/8 x 7/8 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

1995.104

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The priest is offering fire to Sri Nathji, an important local form of the god Krishna (Vishnu) and the focus of regional pilgimages to his shrine.

Exhibition History

• Indian Harvest: Part 2, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/17/1996 - 04/28/1996
• Rajasthani Miniatures: The Welch Collection at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, The Drawing Center, New York, 04/16/1997 - 06/07/1997
• A Colloquium in the Visual Arts, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/27/2022 - 12/30/2022

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