id:			146038
accession number:	1971.234
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.234
updated:		2023-08-30 11:08:05.365000

Akrura Drives Krishna and Balarama to Mathura (Isarda Bhagavata Purana), c. 1560–70. India, Rajasthan (Delhi/Agra), 16th century. Gum tempera and ink on paper; overall: 19.3 x 25.7 cm (7 5/8 x 10 1/8 in.); with mat: 36.3 x 49 cm (14 5/16 x 19 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1971.234

title:				Akrura Drives Krishna and Balarama to Mathura (Isarda Bhagavata Purana)
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creation date:			c. 1560–70
creation date earliest:		1555
creation date latest:		1575
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	India, Rajasthan (Delhi/Agra), 16th century
technique:	Gum tempera and ink on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 19.3 x 25.7 cm (7 5/8 x 10 1/8 in.); with mat: 36.3 x 49 cm (14 5/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
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	inscription:	[[verso, crossed out, in center]] 42
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	inscription:	[[recto, upper right corner]] 42
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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).

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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

	(N. V. Hammer, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1971
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1971–
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CITATIONS

	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. 303
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n323

	Leach, Linda York. <em>Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
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	<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: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 27, cat. no. 6
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