Object Title
Vajravarahi
Measurements
H: 40 1/4 × W: 21 1/2 × D with mount: 22 in. (102.24 × 54.61 × 55.88 cm)
Creation Date
15th century
Credit Line
Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2017
Museum Name
Museum Contact
provenance@thewalters.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/14309/vajravarahi/
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
The Walters Art Museum is in the process of determining definitions of antiquity
Provenance Information
Peter Burleigh [diplomat in Nepal], Washington, D.C.; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, November 1985; given to Walters Art Museum, 2017.
Exhibition Information
"2017-2023 The John & Berthe Ford Gallery, The Waters Art Museum,
2016-2017 Ferocious Beauty: Wrathful Deities from Tibet and Nepal.
2001-2003 Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong."
2016-2017 Ferocious Beauty: Wrathful Deities from Tibet and Nepal.
2001-2003 Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong."
Publication Information
"Pal, Prapaditya, Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection, London: The Walters Art Museum & Philip Wilson Publishers, 2001. cat. 116.
Desire and Devotion
Artistic Production, Religious Practice: Material and Ideological Constraints
Publisher: Bulletin of the Walters Art Gallery
Author: Dr. Hiram W. Woodward, Jr.
2001
Woodward, Jr., Hiram W. Desire and Devotion. The Walters Magazine. 2001:cover, 2-5."
Desire and Devotion
Artistic Production, Religious Practice: Material and Ideological Constraints
Publisher: Bulletin of the Walters Art Gallery
Author: Dr. Hiram W. Woodward, Jr.
2001
Woodward, Jr., Hiram W. Desire and Devotion. The Walters Magazine. 2001:cover, 2-5."
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
A Memorandum of Understanding between the Walters Art Museum and John and Berthe Ford about this promised gift was signed September 1997. It was brought onsite to the Walters as a long-term loan in 2001.