id:			136475
accession number:	1960.51
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.51
updated:		2025-09-16 11:12:30.513000

Durga Slaying Mahisha, c. 1700–1710. India, Pahari Hills, Nurpur school, early 18th Century. Gum tempera and gold on paper; overall: 15.5 x 21.2 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1960.51

title:				Durga Slaying Mahisha
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creation date:			c. 1700–1710
creation date earliest:		1695
creation date latest:		1715
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	India, Pahari Hills, Nurpur school, early 18th Century
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 15.5 x 21.2 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty
	opening date:   1960-11-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).

	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

	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1960
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1960-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Asia Society, Sherman E. Lee, and George Montgomery. <em>Rajput Painting; with an introductory essay and catalogue notes</em>. New York: Asia House, 1960.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 71; plate 66
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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. 239
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n263

	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. 239
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n263

	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. 308
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n328

	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: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 135
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