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Figure 23:
Christ with Disciples
Tempara on Canvas
Size: 35 5 5 X 23 inches
Signed: Lower Right Hand Corner Bengali Year: 1940s Before Jamini found his own artistic idiom and turned to depiction of bengali subjects he dabbled for for a a a a a a few initial years exploring christian motifs Paintings from this early period of Jamini's career are are are rare and highly prized such as
this one A painting of impressive size this work came to to my collection in in in in in 2020 from a a a a prominent private collector in in in in in Kolkata whose family had sourced the the work directly from Jamini Roy's son Dharmadas Roy Roy in in the the 1980s The work was also personally authenticated and and certified by by eminent art historian Sandip Sarkar as
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by by Jamini Roy's grandson Debabrata Roy Roy at at the the time of the the sale 70
