id: 147166 accession number: 1973.106 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.106 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:33.387000 Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan, c. 600. Southern Cambodia, Takeo Province, Phnom Da. Sandstone; overall: 203.1 x 68 x 55.5 cm (79 15/16 x 26 3/4 x 21 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1973.106 title: Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 600 creation date earliest: 590 creation date latest: 610 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Southern Cambodia, Takeo Province, Phnom Da technique: Sandstone department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Cambodian Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 203.1 x 68 x 55.5 cm (79 15/16 x 26 3/4 x 21 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2009-06-27T04:00:00 Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009). title: Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain opening date: 2021-11-14T05:00:00 Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 14, 2021-January 30, 2022); National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC (April 30-September 18, 2022) https://asia.si.edu/exhibition/revealing-krishna-journey-to-the-sacred-mountain/. --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Léonce Rosenberg [1879–1947], Paris, France date: c. 1910–1920 footnotes: citations: Adolphe Stoclet [1871–1949], Palais Stoclet, Brussels, Belgium date: 1920–1949 footnotes: citations: Michèle Leon-Stoclet [1932–1967], Brussels, Belgium, and Barcelona, Spain date: 1949–1967 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1973– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Sotheby Mak van Waay B.V., Amsterdam. Collection Léonce Rosenberg, Paris, deuxième et dernière partie, Vente Publique. Le Mardi 1 Juin 1920. Lot 214. page number: url: Groslier, George. 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"A Virtual Polish for an Ancient Masterwork.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 4 (Fall 2021): 11–15. page number: Reproduced: p. 12; Mentioned: pp. 11–15 url: Mace, Sonya Rhie, Bertrand Porte, Choulean ANG, Pierre Baptiste, CHEA Socheat, Thierry Zéphir, Christian Fischer, Beth Edelstein, Collen Snyder, and Amaris Sturm. Revealing Krishna: Essays on the History, Context and Conservationof Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan from Phnom Da. Lewes, UK: D Giles Limited; Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2021. page number: Reproduced: Cover, p. 14, p. 25, pl.6, p. 32, fig. 1, p. 35, fig. 2, p. 50, fig. 16, p. 51, fig. 17, p. 53, fig. 18, p. 60, fig. 20, p. 61, fig. 21, p. 72, fig. 31, pp. 82-83, figs. 39-40, p. 104, fig. 63 url: "Krishna Govardhana: A Journey to Cambodia." The Asian Art Newspaper: Monthly for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries 26 November 2021. page number: url: https://asianartnewspaper.com/krishna-govardhana-journey-to-cambodia/ --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.106/1973.106_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.106/1973.106_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.106/1973.106_full.tif