id:			133294
accession number:	1955.667
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updated:		2025-01-13 13:03:34.464000

Durga Slaying Mahisha, c. 1830. India, Pahari, Sirmur, 19th century. Gum tempera and gold on paper; image: 15.8 x 25.3 cm (6 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.); overall: 17.7 x 27.5 cm (6 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1955.667

title:				Durga Slaying Mahisha
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creation date:			c. 1830
creation date earliest:		1825
creation date latest:		1835
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	India, Pahari, Sirmur, 19th century
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 15.8 x 25.3 cm (6 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.); Overall: 17.7 x 27.5 cm (6 15/16 x 10 13/16 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:		The Art of India
	opening date:   1961-04-07T05:00:00
	<i>The Art of India</i>. Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (organizer) (April 7-30, 1961).

	title:		Sacred India
	opening date:   1985-11-05T05:00:00
	<i>Sacred India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1985-January 12, 1986).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Rajput Painting</em>. Asia House, New York, NY (December 3, 1960-January 22, 1961).', 'opening_date': '1960-12-03T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 242B)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 6-November 7, 2016).', 'opening_date': '2016-04-06T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	A. Coomaraswamy
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	Margaret F. Marcus, Cleveland, OH
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	A. Coomaraswamy; Margaret F. Marcus, Cleveland, OH.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. <em>Rajput Painting</em>. London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1916.
	page number: 	Reproduced: vol. 2: pl. LXVIII
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	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. 774
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n139

	Lee, Sherman E. and George Montgomery. <em>Rajput Painting; with an introductory essay and catalogue notes</em>. New York: Asia House, 1960.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 82-83; plate 78
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 240
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n264

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 240
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n264

	Lee, Sherman E. <em>A History of Far Eastern Art</em>. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1973.
	page number: 	no. 282
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 310
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n330

	Leach, Linda York. <em>Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
	page number: 	cat. no. 132
	url:		

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