The God's Descend to Damayanti's Svayamvara
early 19th century
Object PlacePossibly Mandi, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 15.3 x 17.5 cm (6 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2553
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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)
19th century
About 1820
Late 16th century, with 17th century mounting
Copy, about 1610, of a 1581 engraving
possibly 18th century