The Gopis Refuse to Play Holi

Advanced Search

LICENSE IMAGE

ORDER PRINT

DOWNLOAD

The Gopis Refuse to Play Holi

Attributed to: The Family of Nainsukh

Indian, Pahari

early 19th century

Object Place: Kangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India

Medium/Technique Ink and opaque watercolor on primed paper

Dimensions 20.5 x 26.4 cm (8 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection

Accession Number17.2475

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors

Marks Stamp on reverse:
S. Bahadur Shah
Dealer in Quriosities
Mochee Gate Lahore

ProvenanceAbout 1910, probably sold by S. Bahadur Shah (dealer), Mochi Gate, Lahore, to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947), Needham, MA; 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)