Harvard Art Museums > 2008.333: Portrait of a Kneeling Man Wearing a Beaded Rosary 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"Portrait of a Kneeling Man Wearing a Beaded Rosary , 2008.333,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/330727. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2008.333 Title Portrait of a Kneeling Man Wearing a Beaded Rosary Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 19th century Places Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan Culture Indian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/330727 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink on paper Dimensions 17.8 x 12.7 cm (7 x 5 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History This object is part of a group of Indian drawings and paintings that were purchased by Norman Hurst in 2004. They had been purchased as a group by an American couple from the art dealer H.C. Mehra at the Great Eastern Hotel in Calcutta in 1953. The collection was next in the possession of a small Massachusetts museum from the late 1960s until 2004. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mary Katherine Burton Jones in memory of Joyce Ann Bagby Kennedy Accession Year 2008 Object Number 2008.333 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 This delicately rendered drawing depicts a young man with a short moustache, kneeling and facing to the right. He is depicted in profile, wearing a turban and beads. A push dagger is tucked into his cummerbund beneath his raised hand Publication History Stages of Depiction: Indian Drawings: 17th-19th Centuries, auct. cat., Hurst Gallery (Cambridge, 2006), pp 47, cat. 27 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
