An Ascetic
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
notes: label: Court
content: Golconda Court
label: School/Tradition
content: Deccani school
label: Provenance
content: To 1907
label: Provenance
content: Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1907 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1907 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York, in 1907 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original List of Persian and Indian Drawings, pg. 106, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. F1907.761 - F1907.766 were originally purchased from Dikran Kelekian as group of six subjects on one mount. The original mount has an inscription and stamp of a Russian collection on both the obverse and reverse on the lower part of the mount (see Curatorial Remark 3, Debra Diamond, February 3, 2011, in the object record).
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Golconda, Telangana state, Deccan plateau, India
topic: label: Topic
content: ascetic
label: Topic
content: India
label: Topic
content: South Asian and Himalayan Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
setName: label: Related Online Resources
content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1907.762
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: 17.8 x 10.8 cm (7 x 4 1/4 in)