id:			115987
accession number:	1936.684
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.684
updated:		2025-02-09 00:18:20.750000

Bhima's Consultation with the Astrologer: Scene from the Nala-Damayanti Drawings, c. 1790–1800. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra. Gum tempera and ink on paper; overall: 22.2 x 33.5 cm (8 3/4 x 13 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1936.684

title:				Bhima's Consultation with the Astrologer: Scene from the Nala-Damayanti Drawings
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creation date:			c. 1790–1800
creation date earliest:		1785
creation date latest:		1805
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Kangra
technique:	Gum tempera and ink on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 22.2 x 33.5 cm (8 3/4 x 13 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: Indian Miniatures
	opening date:   1952-07-15T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: Indian Miniatures</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 28, 1952).

	title:		Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2017
	opening date:   2017-04-10T04:00:00
	<i>Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2017</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 10-November 6, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877-1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1936
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1936-
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CITATIONS

	Peyton, Allysa B., and Katherine Anne Paul.<em> Arts of South Asia: Cultures of Collecting</em>. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 2019.
	page number: 	Medntioned: p. 147, footnote 19 -. 147
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