The Svayamvara of Damayanti
Rajput, Pahari, Kangra
about 1790–1800
Object Place: Nainsukh family, Punjab Hills, India
Dimensions
Overall: 33.7 x 22.3 cm (13 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.) Image: 33.7 x 22.3 cm (13 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.)
Accession Number
17.2394
Medium or Technique
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Not On View
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Classifications
Inscription
Reverse: on top, no. 71, Rs. 51 and Bahadur Shah seal in English.
Provenance
By 1916, purchased 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)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection