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Two Ascetics


Hermitage scene, possibly from a Devi Mahatmya series
Attributed to: The Family of Nainsukh
Pahari
last quarter 18th century
Object Place: Kangra, Pahari, Northern India

Medium/Technique Ink and color on paper
Dimensions Overall: 23.3 x 30.3 cm (9 3/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Framed: 14 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. (37.5 x 47.6 cm)
Credit Line Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2615
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

InscriptionsOn the reverse: "Rs/- 15".
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)