This painting is one from a large and celebrated set that illustrates the Bhagavata Purana. It depicts the Siege of Mathura by the Armies of Jarasandha, King of Magadha, with horses, elephants, troops and chariots.
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
- Status : Currently not on view
- PREVIOUS OWNER(S) : 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 : [1] 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).