Sri Krsna with the flute
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790-1800
notes: label: School/Tradition
content: Pahari school
label: Provenance
content: To 1930
label: Provenance
content: Ajit Ghose, Calcutta to 1930 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1930
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Ajit Ghose, Calcutta in 1930 [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Delighting Krishna: Paintings of the Child-God (March 15 to August 24, 2025)
label: Exhibition History
content: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)
label: Exhibition History
content: The Natural World in Indian Painting (September 4, 1996 to May 17, 1997)
label: Exhibition History
content: South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)
label: Exhibition History
content: Bicentennial Exhibition: Near Eastern and Indian Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)
label: Exhibition History
content: Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)
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, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Ajit Ghose (born 1886)
place: label: Origin
content: Punjab Hills, India
topic: label: Topic
content: bird
label: Topic
content: Krishna
label: Topic
content: night
label: Topic
content: lotus
label: Topic
content: cloud
label: Topic
content: Gopi
label: Topic
content: flute
label: Topic
content: cow
label: Topic
content: India
label: Topic
content: fly whisk
label: Topic
content: South Asian and Himalayan Art
label: Topic
content: monsoon
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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: F1930.83
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: 20.9 x 23 cm (8 1/4 x 9 1/16 in)