2009.202.262: Landscape with Boats Against a Hilly Landscape; “Massaw”

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2009.202.262

People

Attributed to Sita Ram, Indian

Title

Landscape with Boats Against a Hilly Landscape; “Massaw”

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1814-1815

Places

Creation Place: South Asia, India, Bihar

Culture

Indian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/216683

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Dimensions

irreg.: 37.3 × 54.2 cm (14 11/16 × 21 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Language: English
  “Massaw with Surrounding Hills”

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Sotheby & Co., London, sale July 9, 1974, lot 264.] Stuart Cary Welch, Jr., Warner, New Hampshire (by 1976 - 2008), by descent; to his estate (2008-2009), gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1976.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch

Accession Year

2009

Object Number

2009.202.262

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The painting features a large body of water surrounded by a hilly landscape. Several boats sail across the water, some of which have large white sails.

Publication History

• Catalogue of Fine Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures [Day of Sale: Tuesday, 9th July, 1974], auct. cat., Sotheby & Co. (London, 1974), p. 41, lot 264, no. 8
• Jeremiah Losty, Sita Ram: Picturesque Views of India; Lord Hastings's Journey from Calcutta to the Punjab, 1814-15, Roli Books (New Delhi, 2015), p. 50., pl. 16; p. 247

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