Harvard Art Museums > 2009.120: Shrinathji in a Shrine Flanked by Worshipers Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Shrinathji in a Shrine Flanked by Worshipers , 2009.120,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/330740. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2009.120 Title Shrinathji in a Shrine Flanked by Worshipers Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 19th century Places Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Nathadwara Culture Indian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/330740 Physical Descriptions Medium Pigment on cloth Dimensions 18.4 x 13.9 cm (7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Popli Brothers], Apollo Bunder Road, Bombay (Mumbai) (December 29, 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 2009.120 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 At the center of the image is a shrine with a life-size idol of Shrinathji, a form of the Hindu god Krishna, who himself is the eighth avatar of Vishnu. Shrinathji is depicted with his iconic dark blue skin and pose. He wears a crown topped with a large peacock fan; rings, a nose ring, bracelets, armlets, long strands of pearls that reach his ankles, a large, long garland that hits the floor, a wide orange and red skirt, and orange trousers. His left arm is raised about his head. He holds in his right hand a long-stemmed flower with two buds. Flanking the shrine on each side is a worshipper. A female worshipper stands on the right. She wears a blue dress with a yellow shawl that covers her head and runs down almost to the hem of her skirt. On the left is a male worshipper. He wears a red shirt with red trousers. The style in which the painting is executed, with the yellow and white dots, was a popular local idiom that also parallels textile patterns in the area of Nathadwara. Exhibition History 32Q: 2590 South and Southeast Asia, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/03/2015 - 04/26/2016 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
