Portrait of a Seated Man

18th century

Object PlaceNorthern India

Medium/TechniqueInk, light color and graphite on paper

DimensionsHeight x width: 10.7 × 6.3 cm (4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in.)

Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection

Accession number17.2673

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ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors

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InscriptionsOn reverse: In Devanagari, at top: "Gangana Maustajapha (?)" (alternate reading: Gangarama ustaji ki?)ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased in India by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)