{"data": {"id": 154752, "accession_number": "1989.332", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana in the forest, c. 1830. Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Kangra, Court of Aniruddh Chand (reigned 1823\u20131833). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting: 21.5 x 15.1 cm (8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.); overall: 23.9 x 17.3 cm (9 7/16 x 6 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.332", "current_location": null, "title": "Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana in the forest", "creation_date": "c. 1830", "creation_date_earliest": 1825, "creation_date_latest": 1835, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Kangra, Court of Aniruddh Chand (reigned 1823\u20131833)"], "technique": "Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper", "support_materials": [], "department": "Indian and Southeast Asian Art", "collection": "Indian Art", "type": "Painting", "measurements": "Painting: 21.5 x 15.1 cm (8 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.); Overall: 23.9 x 17.3 cm (9 7/16 x 6 13/16 in.)", "dimensions": {"painting": {"height": 0.215, "height_inch": 8, "height_inch_fraction": 0.4375, "width": 0.151, "width_inch": 5, "width_inch_fraction": 0.9375}, "overall": {"height": 0.239, "height_inch": 9, "height_inch_fraction": 0.4375, "width": 0.173, "width_inch": 6, "width_inch_fraction": 0.8125}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 310300, "title": "The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection", "description": "<i>The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).", "opening_date": "1990-07-05T04:00:00"}, {"id": 457592, "title": "Imagining Rama\u2019s Journey", "description": "<i>Imagining Rama\u2019s Journey</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-September 17, 2023).", "opening_date": "2023-03-09T05:00:00"}], "legacy": [{"description": "<em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 13, 2003-February 17, 2004).", "opening_date": "2003-08-13T00:00:00"}]}, "provenance": [{"description": "(C. L. Bharany, Sunder Nagar Market, New Delhi, India, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "?\u20131966", "sortorder": 1}, {"description": "Severance A. [1895\u20131985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903\u201389], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "1966\u20131989", "sortorder": 2}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "1989\u2013", "sortorder": 3}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "Indian artists adopted the oval format from European models.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "Although banished from their home, Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana enjoy ten years of relative peace in the wilderness. They build a small hut, make clothes of bark cloth, and eat from the bounty of the forest. Lakshmana neatly prepares meat and roasts kabobs over a fire. <br><br>The oval format, adopted from European models, suggests this scene was part of an album series. The pale hues and placement of figures in a space that recedes into the background reveal awareness of imperial Mughal paintings. The hilly scenery was likely inspired by the landscape surrounding the Kangra Valley.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60476360"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1989.332-rama-sita-and-lakshm"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. 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