Untitled (The Disrobing of Draupadi)

Details

ANONYMOUS, EARLY BENGAL SCHOOL
Untitled (The Disrobing of Draupadi)
oil on canvas
29 ¾ x 41 ¾ in. (75.6 x 106 cm.)
Painted circa late 19th century; one painting and two prints on paper

Provenance

Private Collection, United Kingdom (one painting)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Frederick Christian Lewis (two prints)
Thence by descent
Christie's London, 23 September 2010, lot 134
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

R. Dean and G. Tillotson, eds., Modern Indian Painting: Jane & Kito de Boer Collection, Ahmedabad, 2019, p. 74 (illustrated)

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Lot Essay

This lot is accompanied by the engraving The Dussorah Durbar of His Highness the Maharaja of Mysore (21¾ x 32¾ in.) and its descriptive key plate (17¾ x 22¾ in.) by Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1856), after Frederick Christian Lewis, Junior, published in London, 1850.

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