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Prosita-Patika Nayaka (The Dejected Heroine)
Indian, Pahari
about 1850
Object Place: Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 24.3 x 19.5 cm (9 9/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Image: 22 x 16.2 cm (8 11/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Image: 22 x 16.2 cm (8 11/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2659
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsObverse: words, in Devnagari, on various elements of the painting. Reverse: on top, in Devnagari, 2 line inscription ( to be read)
ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased in India by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)