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Lovers on a terrace with three musicians

Object Details

Previous custodian or owner
Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Provenance
To 1907
Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914), London, to 1907 [1]
From 1907 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna in 1907 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original List of Persian and Indian Drawings, S.I. 1538, Miscellaneous section of Inventory, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Date
18th century
Period
Mughal dynasty
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Color and gold on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 27.5 x 18.1 cm (10 13/16 x 7 1/8 in)
Type
Painting

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