2009.119: Soldiers and a Seated Female Figure
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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
- Permissions
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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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