id:			115987
accession number:	1936.684
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.684
updated:		2023-08-26 11:09:32.828000

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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wall description:
In the central pavilion, King Bhima, father of the beautiful Damayanti, receives favorable signs from his astrologers for the marriage of his daughter to her beloved, Nala. In the upper left corner, King Bhima tells the good news to his daughter, while messengers inform Nala in the upper right. Musicians and dancers already begin to celebrate.<br><br>This lyrical series depicts scenes from the extended romantic poem of the 1100s, based on an episode from the Sanskrit epic <em>Mahabharata</em>.
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RELATED WORKS

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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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