Data Source

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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.

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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Accession Number

F1907.232

Topic

music

lovers

drum

lute

Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

India

South Asian and Himalayan Art

Origin

India

Restrictions & Rights

Copyright with museum