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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.112
Title
Standing Portrait of a Man with a Flower in Each Hand
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
early 19th Century
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/330731

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
21.6 x 19.1 cm (8 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[H.C. Mehra], Calcutta (November 16, 1953); purchase by L.C. and P. Wyman, American couple; gift to Art Complex Museum, 189 Alden Street, Duxbury (1960s); purchase by Kathy Burton Jones [Norman Hurst], Hurst Gallery, 53 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge (2004); gift to Harvard Art Museum (2009).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Katherine Burton Jones
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.112
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Standing and facing left is a male figure. He wears a turban, a long robe (jama), armlets, a waist sash (patka), and shoes. Tucked into his waist sash is a punch dagger (katar). Small tufts of dark hair peak from beneath his turban. His neck has been shaded, which emphasizes the pallor of his face. The marks all over his face suggest small pox. He holds up, in each hand, a small flower.

Publication History

  • Stages of Depiction: Indian Drawings: 17th-19th Centuries, auct. cat., Hurst Gallery (Cambridge, 2006), pp. 48, cat. 32

Exhibition History

  • Stages of Depiction: Indian Drawings: 17th-19th Centuries, Hurst Gallery, 03/18/2006 - 04/15/2006

Verification Level

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