id:			146203
accession number:	1971.93
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.93
updated:		2021-11-18 17:57:02.236000

Pradyumna and Mayavati Fly to Dvaraka, from the Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana, c. 1760-1765. India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Basholi. Gum tempera and gold on paper; image: 28.1 x 38.5 cm (11 1/16 x 15 3/16 in.); overall: 30.5 x 41.2 cm (12 x 16 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1971.93

title:				Pradyumna and Mayavati Fly to Dvaraka, from the Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana
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creation date:			c. 1760-1765
creation date earliest:		1755
creation date latest:		1770
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Basholi
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 28.1 x 38.5 cm (11 1/16 x 15 3/16 in.); Overall: 30.5 x 41.2 cm (12 x 16 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
	opening date:   2019-04-01T04:00:00
	<i>Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 1-September 9, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(John D. MacDonald, Cambridge, MA, ?-1973, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1973
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1973-present
	date: 1973-
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wall description: 
A goddess who can fly, Mayavati brings her lover Pradyumna to be reunited with his parents for the first time since he was an infant, when he was kidnapped by a demon who was her husband. Having just slain the demon, they can be together and return to the palace where he was born. Pradyumna is the son of Krishna, and also an incarnation of the god of love, Kama. Mayavati is an incarnation of Rati, the goddess of erotic love. Later, Pradyumna also marries his cousin Rukmavati.
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	id: 		146204
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