Artist:

Hans Raj Joshi (1750-1799)  Search this

Medium:

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (overall): 43.2 × 70.2 cm (17 × 27 5/8 in)

H x W (framed): 61.6 × 86 cm (24 1/4 × 33 7/8 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

Kota, Rajasthan state, India

Date:

1787

School/Tradition:

Kota school

Inscriptions:

Recto: in devanagari script: maharaja dhiraja maharaja maharao raja sri umed singhji bahadur his

Courageous king of kings, great king Umed Singh

Verso: in devanagari script: samvat 1844 vasakih sudi 14, hitvarah din ki jp dim (?) kul thak ajai nahan ghoghari mari…Joshi Hans Raj chuterako, ji ho

Samvat 1844 (1787 CE), fourteenth day of Caisakh, Sunday…killed the…animals.

Painting by Hans Raj Joshi

Painting by Hans Raj Joshi

Provenance:

To 1971

Indian Arts Palace, New Delhi [1]

From 1971 to 2001

Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Indian Arts Palace, New Delhi in December 1971 [2]

From 2001 to 2018

Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001

From 2018

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim

Notes:

[1] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

[2] See note 1.

Collection:

National Museum of Asian Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Life at court: Art for India's Rulers, 16th-19th centuries (November 20, 1985 to May 11, 1986)

Previous custodian or owner:

Indian Arts Palace

Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim

Catherine Glynn Benkaim

Topic:

portrait  Search this

tiger  Search this

hunting  Search this

India  Search this

raja  Search this

South Asian and Himalayan Art  Search this

Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries

Accession Number:

S2018.1.39

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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