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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.119
Title
Soldiers and a Seated Female Figure
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1700-1725
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Himachal Pradesh
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/330739

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
19.1 x 24.8 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
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
2009.119
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The drawing features a large group of soldiers in the foreground conversing. In the immediate center, two fight with swords. In the top right corner, there is female figure seated on a large chair, leaning against a cylindrical pillow. In front of her are large vessels. The drawing suffers from losses and tears in the paper.

Verification Level

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