id: 144225 accession number: 1968.72 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.72 updated: 2020-11-04 21:09:14.127000 Devi Attacking a Demon, c. 1630. India, Rajasthan, Possibly Sirohi, 17th century. Color on paper; image: 12.5 x 10.2 cm (4 15/16 x 4 in.); overall: 12.5 x 27.5 cm (4 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George P. Bickford 1968.72 title: Devi Attacking a Demon title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1630 creation date earliest: 1625 creation date latest: 1635 current location: creditline: Gift of George P. Bickford copyright: --- culture: India, Rajasthan, Possibly Sirohi, 17th century technique: color on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Image: 12.5 x 10.2 cm (4 15/16 x 4 in.); Overall: 12.5 x 27.5 cm (4 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1968 opening date: 1969-01-29T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 242B): April 6, 2016 - --- PROVENANCE Bickford date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The horizontal format of this sacred text is derived from the earlier use of palm leaves instead of paper. This page is from the foundational work of scripture for worshippers of the great goddess Devi.

In her warrior aspect, or incarnation, Devi is multiarmed, rides a lion, and conquers demons more powerful than all the male gods. The demon holding a mountain above his head as a missile is dressed in the Central Asian belted tunic and pants of the Mughals, who ruled most of India at the time this painting was made. Devi wears the Mughal women’s style of tall flat-topped feathered headdress, and she holds a bottle and cup of liquor. Aside from these Mughal elements, the style remains staunchly indigenous, with unmodeled figures in strict profile against a flat red ground. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.72/1968.72_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.72/1968.72_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.72/1968.72_full.tif