Dhanasri Ragini

Creator Name

Cultural Context

Himalayan peoples; South Asians

Date

ca. 1680

Source

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Work details

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Title

Dhanasri Ragini

Creator

Worktype

Painting; Paintings

Cultural Context

Himalayan peoples; South Asians

Material

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions

H x W (painting): 23.5 × 18.4 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/4 in);
H x W (overall): 31.2 × 24.5 cm (12 5/16 × 9 5/8 in)

Technique

Language

Date

ca. 1680

Provenance

To 1971 Chhote Bharany, New Delhi [1] From 1971 to 2001 Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Chhote Bharany, New Delhi in December 1971 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] All of the Benkaim Bharany paintings were bought in the United States, according to Catherine Glynn Benkaim May 23-24, 2016, who further notes that the dealer Chhote Bharany had two children who went to school in California and he had relatives in NYC. Gurshuran Sidhu reported that Bharany took all of his paintings out of India before the Emergency (most probably in 1969) and kept them with William Wolff in New York.; Credit Line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries

Style Period

Rights

CC0

Inscription

Location

India

Source

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Subjects

portrait; woman; ragamala; pavilion; India; South Asian and Himalayan Art; painting; Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Pavilion; South Asian and Himalayan Art; Art; Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Portraits; Ragamala; Woman

Topic

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Dhanasri Ragini, ca. 1680, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. CC0.

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