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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1790–1800 creation date earliest: 1785 creation date latest: 1805 current location: creditline: Edward L. Whittemore Fund copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 22.2 x 33.5 cm (8 3/4 x 13 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Exhibition of the Month: Indian Miniatures opening date: 1952-07-15T04:00:00 Exhibition of the Month: Indian Miniatures. 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 Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 10-November 6, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877-1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1936 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1936- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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.

This lyrical series depicts scenes from the extended romantic poem of the 1100s, based on an episode from the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Peyton, Allysa B., and Katherine Anne Paul. Arts of South Asia: Cultures of Collecting. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 2019. page number: Medntioned: p. 147, footnote 19 -. 147 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1936.684/1936.684_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1936.684/1936.684_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1936.684/1936.684_full.tif