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A Jain Monk Preachingcirca 1680

Not on view
Indian miniature painting, opaque watercolor on paper, showing a group of richly jeweled figures seated before a robed man gesturing in conversation, set on an architectural terrace with a peacock on the roofline and Devanagari text in the border

Unknown, A Jain Monk Preaching, circa 1680, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
A Jain Monk Preaching
Place Made
India, Rajasthan, Sirohi
Date Made
circa 1680
Medium
Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (25.08 x 21.91 cm); Image: 8 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (22.23 x 19.05 cm)
Credit Line
From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase
Accession Number
M.71.1.19
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Scharfe, Hartmut. Education in Ancient India. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2002.
  • Rosenfield, John. The Arts of India and Nepal: The Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1966.