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Woman Braving Difficulties to Meet her LoverWoman in landscape

Object Details

Court
Kangra Court
School/Tradition
Pahari school
Provenance
To 2005
Paul F. Walter, New York to 2005 [1]
From 2005
Freer Gallery of Art, given by Paul F. Walter in 2005
Notes:
[1] Paintings were among the first Indian art objects collected by Paul Walter during the 1960s. This particular page was exhibited at the Pierpont Morgan Library, and at a host of other sites; see the exhibition catalog, Pratapaditya Pal, The Classical Tradition in Rajput Painting (1978), pp. 182-83, pl. 66 (according to Provenance Remark 1, Vidya Dehejia, December 30, 1997, in the object record).
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History
Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)
The Classical Tradition in Rajput Painting (December 7, 1978 to June 15, 1980)
Previous custodian or owner
Paul F. Walter (1935-2017)
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Date
ca. 1800
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Paul F. Walter
Medium
Opaque paints on paper
Dimensions
H x W (overall): 29 x 22 cm (11 7/16 x 8 11/16 in)
Type
Painting
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