A Prince and his consort
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790
notes: label: School/Tradition
content: Jaipur or Alwar school
label: Provenance
content: From 1960s
label: Provenance
content: Unknown private collector from UK [1]
label: Provenance
content: 2012
label: Provenance
content: Sale, London, Sotheby’s, Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art including Indian Miniature Paintings, June 8, 2012, lot 4: “A Prince and his Consort” [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 2012 to 2018
label: Provenance
content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, purchased at auction, “Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art including Indian Miniature Paintings,” Sotheby’s, London, June 8, 2012, lot no. 4, “A Prince and his Consort” [3]
label: Provenance
content: From 2018
label: Provenance
content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim [4]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] According to conversation with Catherine Glynn Benkaim, this painting was in a private unknown collection in the 1960s.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See Sotheby’s auction catalogue of the New York sale, “Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art including Indian Miniature Paintings” from June 8, 2012.
label: Provenance
content: [3] See note 2.
label: Provenance
content: [4] See Acquisition Justification Form, object file, Collections Management Office.
label: Collection
content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Unknown
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)
place: label: Origin
content: Jaipur or Alwar, Rajasthan state, India
topic: label: Topic
content: woman
label: Topic
content: India
label: Topic
content: prince
label: Topic
content: South Asian and Himalayan Art
label: Topic
content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
label: Topic
content: romance
setName: label: See more items in
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: S2018.1.35
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Opaque watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (overall): 38.7 × 28.5 cm (15 1/4 × 11 1/4 in)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (framed): 53.3 × 43.2 cm (21 × 17 in)