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| Keywords: A meeting at a temple gateway in Mathura.jpg en A meeting at a temple gateway in Mathura Source http //www christies com/LotFinder/search/LotDetail asp sid intObjectID 4695952 SE CMWCAT04+15574+171833843+ QR M+1+70+Aqc0000900+12321++Aqc0000900+ entry india SU 1 RQ True AN 71 downloaded Apr 2006 Edwin Lord Weeks American 1849-1903 Meeting at the Steps of a Temple Gateway Muttra; signed 'E L Weeks' with the artist's Moghul device lower left ; oil on canvas; 28 x 22½ in 71 1 x 57 2 cm Painted circa 1885 Literature Weeks Edwin Lord From the Black Sea through Persia and India New York 1895; related illustration p 334 Lot Notes This is an imposing figurative painting within an elaborate architectural framework likely based on studies Edwin Lord Weeks executed during his first expedition to India in 1882-83 Somewhat unusual for the artist the setting is Hindu a pink sandstone temple probably dedicated to Vishnu as were many temples in the city of Muttra today known as Mathura Muttra a small city near Delhi was then as today a center of the cult of Krishna and a sacred city As Weeks termed it 'an ancient City and place of Pilgrimage ' Empire of India Exhibition Illustrated Official Catalogue London 1895 p 210 ~ 1885 http //www columbia edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1400_1499/krishnabhakti/mathura/mathura html Creator Edwin Lord Weeks PD-old-100 Paintings of India by Edwin Lord Weeks A meeting at a temple gateway in Mathura Mathura 19th-century oil on canvas paintings People standing on stairs in art Niches in art 19th-century paintings location missing People with horses in art 19th-century paintings not categorised by year Uploaded with UploadWizard 19th-century orientalist paintings | ||||
