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Portrait of Mangala Rai
Portrait of Mangala Rai

Portrait of Mangala Rai

18th century
Object PlaceNorthern India
Medium/TechniqueInk and light color on paper
Dimensions16.2 x 7.8 cm (6 3/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2674
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsOn front: In Devanagari, at upper edge of image: "Mangala Rai Pathi Pala," and the number 13.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)