A visit to a temple
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1740
label: Period
content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Muhammad Shah
name: label: Artist
content: Attributed to Faqirullah Khan (active 1720-1770)
notes: label: Court
content: Mughal Court
label: School/Tradition
content: Mughal school
label: Label
content: As the Mughal empire began to crumble in the early eighteenth century, paintings with escapist themes rather than historical subjects became more popular in the royal court. Many artists depicted idealized beauties engaged in introspective activities, such as this woman entering a Hindu shrine at dawn. The painting perhaps refers to a melody because in the previous century the subject of a woman worshiping a lingam, an aniconic form of the great deity Shiva, became associated with the Indian classical composition known as Bhairavi Ragini.
label: Provenance
content: To 1924
label: Provenance
content: Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston to 1924 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1924
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston in 1924 [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)
label: Exhibition History
content: Centennial Exhibition, West Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Painting, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to November 28, 1955)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 7 (January 10, 1945 to October 2, 1947)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Persian Art (March 14, 1931 to May 5, 1933)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian and Persian Art (March 24, 1930 to March 14, 1931)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947)
place: label: Origin
content: Delhi, India
topic: label: Topic
content: shrine
label: Topic
content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
label: Topic
content: India
label: Topic
content: morning
label: Topic
content: South Asian and Himalayan Art
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1924.9
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 22 x 13.3 cm (8 11/16 x 5 1/4 in)