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Rabindranath TagoreWW-1925-006727
Gift of Virginia and Ravi Akhoury, 2023
Catalogue
- Year
- 1925
- Dimensions
- 9 3/4 × 5 11/16 in. (24.7 × 14.4 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Rabindranath Tagore
Artist
Rabindranath Tagore
Painting
Rabindranath Thakur, also known by his pseudonym Bhanusimha was a Bengali polymath of the Bengal Renaissance period. In 1913, Tagore became the first Asian to win a Nobel Prize in any category, and also the first lyricist and non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. A significant moulder of culture within the Indian subcontinent, he wrote and composed the national anthems of India and Bangladesh.
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- Rabindranath Tagore
- Year
- 1925
- Dimensions
- 9 3/4 × 5 11/16 in. (24.7 × 14.4 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1925-006727
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified