id:			143314
accession number:	1967.244
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.244
updated:		2023-12-08 21:49:43.135000

Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank, c. 1600. Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting: 14.7 x 9.8 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.); overall: 38.8 x 26.3 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1967.244

title:				Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank
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creation date:			c. 1600
creation date earliest:		1595
creation date latest:		1605
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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culture:	Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
technique:	gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)  - artist

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measurements: Painting: 14.7 x 9.8 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.); Overall: 38.8 x 26.3 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	amal-i behzad
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	inscription:	amal-i Basawan ... [?]chandra
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1968
	opening date:   1969-01-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1968</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).

	title:		The Peaceful Conquerors: Jain Art from India
	opening date:   1994-10-30T04:00:00
	<i>The Peaceful Conquerors: Jain Art from India</i>. New Orleans Museum of Art (June 29-September 17, 1995); Victoria and Albert Museum (November 22, 1995-February 18, 1996).

	title:		Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1998-02-21T00:00:00
	<i>Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

	title:		The Indian Portrait, 1560-1860
	opening date:   2010-03-11T00:00:00
	<i>The Indian Portrait, 1560-1860</i>. National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (March 11-June 20, 2010).

	title:		Yoga: The Art of Transformation
	opening date:   2013-10-19T04:00:00
	<i>Yoga: The Art of Transformation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 22-September 7, 2014).

	title:		Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation)
	opening date:   2022-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-March 5, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 4–August 5, 2003).

* <em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20–August 18, 2004).

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PROVENANCE

	(Herbert N. Bier [1905–1981], Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1967
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1967–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Pal, Pratapaditya, with contributions by Shridhar Andhare and others. <em>The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India. </em>New York: Thames &amp; Hudson, 1994.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 114, p. 249.
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	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. 236
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n260

	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. 304
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n324

	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. 17
	url:		

	<em>Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara</em> [東洋絵画の精華: 特别展: クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから= Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	p. 23, cat. no. 2
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	Crill, Rosemary, and Kapil Jariwala. <em>The Indian Portrait, 1560-1860</em>. London: National Portrait Gallery Publications, National Portrait Gallery, 2010.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 12, pp. 72–73
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	Diamond, Debra, and Molly Emma Aitken. <em>Yoga: The Art of Transformation</em>. Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 2013.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 5F, p. 137
	url:		

	"A Jain Ascetic." <em>Nūr: CAIS magazine,</em> Winter 2021 (Vol. 5, No. 2): 14.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 14
	url:		

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