Illustration to the Bhagavata Purana: Pradyumna Weds Rukmavati
Illustration to the Bhagavata Purana: Pradyumna Weds Rukmavati

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Illustration to the Bhagavata Purana: Pradyumna Weds Rukmavati,

ca. 1775

Nepalese
2024-310

Information

Title
Illustration to the Bhagavata Purana: Pradyumna Weds Rukmavati
Dates

ca. 1775

Medium
Ground mineral pigments on paper
Dimensions
image: 33.7 × 50.8 cm (13 1/4 × 20 in.) mount: 36.5 × 52.1 cm (14 3/8 × 20 1/2 in.) frame: 27.7 × 73.5 × 2 cm (10 7/8 × 28 15/16 × 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Daniel Shatz and family
Object Number
2024-310
Place Made

Asia, Nepal

Inscription
in ink, upper left: [a number] on verso: [description of events depicted]
Reference Numbers
7505 [Himalayan Art Resources]
Culture
Asian, Nepalese
Type
illustrations, paintings
Materials
pigment, paper (fiber product)
Techniques
grinding
Subject
buildings, figures (representations), weddings

October 2023–present, Collection of Daniel Shatz, NYC, purchased from Kapoor Galleries
October 2023, Sold by Kapoor Galleries to Daniel Shatz, NYC
March 2023, Offered for sale by Sotheby’s NY in the 3/21/23 sale, lot 202
1972–2023, Private Collection, America

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