Krishna and the Bow, folio 24 from the ‘Tula Ram’ <em>Bhagavata Purana</em>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1720
notes: label: School/Tradition
content: probably Gujurat school
label: Provenance
content: To 1961
label: Provenance
content: Tula Ram, Delhi [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1961 to 1966
label: Provenance
content: James K. Ivory, New York, New York
label: Provenance
content: From 1966 to 2001
label: Provenance
content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from James K. Ivory, New York, New York in 1961 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 2001 to 2018
label: Provenance
content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001
label: Provenance
content: From 2018
label: Provenance
content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] The manuscript comprised around 70 folios in the 1950s when it was dispersed by a Delhi dealer, Tula Ram. This folio entered a NYC collection in 1966.
label: Provenance
content: [2] According to Catherine Glynn Benkaim, the painting was purchased by Ralph Benkaim in 1966.
label: Collection
content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Delighting Krishna: Paintings of the Child-God (March 15 to August 24, 2025)
label: Exhibition History
content: Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections (March 4 to March 31, 1968)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Tula Ram
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: James K. Ivory (born 1928)
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: probably Surat, Gujarat state, India
topic: label: Topic
content: Krishna
label: Topic
content: Bhagavata Purana
label: Topic
content: bow
label: Topic
content: India
label: Topic
content: South Asian and Himalayan Art
label: Topic
content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
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: S2018.1.56
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (overall): 47 × 52.1 cm (18 1/2 × 20 1/2 in)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (painting): 21.9 × 18.4 cm (8 5/8 × 7 1/4 in)