Jarasandha’s Army Beseiges Mathura, from a Bhagavata Purana

Details

  • Title : Jarasandha's Army Beseiges Mathura, from a Bhagavata Purana
  • Year : ca. 1775-1800
  • Classification : Painting
  • Medium : Opaque color on paper
  • Dimension : H x W (overall): 38.1 x 55.9 cm (15 x 22 in)
  • Accession No : S1988.58
  • Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
  • Collection : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  • Credit Line : Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth X. Robbins
  • Previous custodian or owner : Dr. Kenneth X. Robbins
  • Provenance : To 1988 Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth X. Robbins, Potomac, MD, to 1988 [1] From 1988 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth X. Robbins in 1988
  • Notes : Said by the donor to have been purchased from a medical missionary who served in Nepal in the mid-1960s. The manuscript, of which this page is a part, appeared on the art market in the mid-1960s (according to Provenance Remark 1 in the object record).