Oil painting

Museum number:
9-11423
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011423
Alternate number:
432 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
painting; oil paint on cloth, of 'Gangor' scene; 'rajah' riding an elephant w/ many attendants: walking women and men before and behind the rajah, men on horseback accompanying him; reds, yellows, greens, etc. on brown ground; 295 cm. l.; 98 cm. w.;
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Nathdwara, Udaipur district, Rajasthan
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Nathdwara
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
1969-1970
Materials:
Paint (coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Oil paintings (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
wall hanging for decoration of the home. this procession scene is a common subject of Rajasthani painting. Made by adighor subcaste.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 295 centimeters and width 98 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Oil painting, accession number 9-11423, described as painting; oil paint on cloth, of 'Gangor' scene; 'rajah' riding an elephant w/ many attendants: walking women and men before and behind the rajah, men on horseback accompanying him; reds, yellows, greens, etc. on brown ground; 295 cm. l.; 98 cm. w.;Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Oil painting, accession number 9-11423, described as painting; oil paint on cloth, of 'Gangor' scene; 'rajah' riding an elephant w/ many attendants: walking women and men before and behind the rajah, men on horseback accompanying him; reds, yellows, greens, etc. on brown ground; 295 cm. l.; 98 cm. w.;Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Oil painting, accession number 9-11423, described as painting; oil paint on cloth, of 'Gangor' scene; 'rajah' riding an elephant w/ many attendants: walking women and men before and behind the rajah, men on horseback accompanying him; reds, yellows, greens, etc. on brown ground; 295 cm. l.; 98 cm. w.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Oil painting, accession number 9-11423, described as painting; oil paint on cloth, of 'Gangor' scene; 'rajah' riding an elephant w/ many attendants: walking women and men before and behind the rajah, men on horseback accompanying him; reds, yellows, greens, etc. on brown ground; 295 cm. l.; 98 cm. w.;

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