Bangal Ragini, from an illustrated Ragamala series
Rukn-ul-din
(Indian, late 17th century)
dated V.S. 1751 (= A.D. 1694)
Object PlaceBikaner, Rajasthan, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor and gold on paper
DimensionsHeight x width: 19.1 × 15.8 cm (7 1/2 × 6 1/4 in.)
Credit LineKeith McLeod Fund
Accession number1999.518
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
Provenance1968, library of the Maharaja of Bikaner [see note 1]. November 30, 1994, anonymous ("property of various owners") sale, Sotheby's, New York, lot 12, unsold. Sold from a private collection to Kapoor Galleries, New York; 1999, sold by Kapoor Galleries to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 1999)
NOTES:
[1] This painting bears the 1968 inventory stamp of the library of the Maharaja of Bikaner. The Maharaja sold much of his collection in Europe in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
NOTES:
[1] This painting bears the 1968 inventory stamp of the library of the Maharaja of Bikaner. The Maharaja sold much of his collection in Europe in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Shaykh Zayn al-Din
1778
About 1655–60
About 1760
mid-17th century
mid-17th century
