id:			131671
accession number:	1954.261
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.261
updated:		2025-08-07 21:47:17.033000

Gunakali Ragini, c. 1750. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Jaipur. Gum tempera and gold on paper; image: 23.6 x 15.6 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.); overall: 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1954.261

title:				Gunakali Ragini
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creation date:			c. 1750
creation date earliest:		1745
creation date latest:		1755
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Jaipur
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 23.6 x 15.6 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.); Overall: 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Rajput Painting
	opening date:   1960-11-30T05:00:00
	<i>Rajput Painting</i>. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 22, 1961).

	title:		Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music
	opening date:   1996-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996).

	title:		Carpets and Canopies in Mughal India​ (Indian art rotation)
	opening date:   2024-03-22T04:00:00
	<i>Carpets and Canopies in Mughal India​ (Indian art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 22-September 8, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main gallery rotation (gallery 245)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 2, 2015-April 4, 2016).', 'opening_date': '2015-11-02T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York,  NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1952
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1952–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Ward, William. "Three Indian Paintings." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>42, no. 1 (January 1955): 12–15.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 13; Reproduced: p. 14
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142007

	Lee, Sherman. "The Decorative and the Super-Real: Two Rajasthani Miniatures." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>44, no. 8 October 1957): 180-183.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 181
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142231

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 770
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n138

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IMAGES

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