id:			144225
accession number:	1968.72
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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
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creation date:			c. 1630
creation date earliest:		1625
creation date latest:		1635
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creditline:			Gift of George P. Bickford
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culture:	India, Rajasthan, Possibly Sirohi, 17th century
technique:	color on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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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.)
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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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 242B)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 6–November 7, 2016).

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PROVENANCE

	George P. Bickford [1901-1991] and Clara Louise Gehring Bickford [1903-1985], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1968
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1968–
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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.<br><br>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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 94
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