A PAINTING FROM THE GITA GOVINDA
A PAINTING FROM THE GITA GOVINDA
A PAINTING FROM THE GITA GOVINDA
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A PAINTING FROM THE GITA GOVINDA

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, MEWAR, CIRCA 1720

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A PAINTING FROM THE GITA GOVINDA
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, MEWAR, CIRCA 1720
image 15 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (39.7 x 18.7 cm.)
folio 9 7/8 x 17 in. (25 x 43.2 cm.)
Provenance
George P. Bickford Collection, acquired by 2 February 1977.
Private collection, New York, by inheritance.
Christie's New York, 19 March 2013, lot 284 (part).

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Lot Essay

The present painting depicts a scene from the Gita Govinda, Jayadeva’s epic love poem of Krishna and Radha. This work belongs to a widely dispersed series said to be painted by several hands for Maharana Sangram Singh in 1714. Other works from this series are at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (acc. no. 1990.217), the Royal Ontario Museum (acc. nos. 971.281.4 and 971.281.3), the Brooklyn Museum (acc. no. 77.138), the San Diego Museum of Art (acc. no. 1990.620) and the Detroit Museum of Art (acc. nos. 71.316.A and 71.317.A). Other illustrations from this series recently sold at Sotheby’s New York, 20 September 2021, lot 385, and Christie's New York, 23 March 2022, lot 489 for $13,860.

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