id:			148767
accession number:	1976.26
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.26
updated:		2019-11-18 11:29:22.918000

The Marriage of Pradyumna and Rukmavati, page from a Bhagavata Purana, c. 1525-50. Northern India. Gum tempera and ink on paper; overall: 16.3 x 21.5 cm (6 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 1976.26

title:				The Marriage of Pradyumna and Rukmavati, page from a Bhagavata Purana
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creation date:			c. 1525-50
creation date earliest:		1525
creation date latest:		1550
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
copyright:			

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culture:	Northern India
technique:	Gum tempera and ink on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 16.3 x 21.5 cm (6 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
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support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	Inscription in lower left damaged, replaced with "Pradyumna ko vivahu" (the marriage of Pradyumna) in lower center; text on verso.
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections
	opening date:   1942-01-06T05:00:00
	<i>French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 6-February 15, 1942).

	title:		Year in Review, 1976
	opening date:   1977-02-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review, 1976</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 1-March 6, 1977).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 13, 2003 - February 18, 2004.<br>Indian Minature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 18, 2004 -

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
Pradyumna was the son of Krishna and an
 incarnation of the god of love. The scene of
 his marriage is in the upper register, where a
 brahmin priest to the right of the pole, wearing
 a white lower garment and looped topknot of
 hair, performs the ceremony. Their arrival at the
 ceremony is pictured below.
<br><br>The flattened spaces and bold variety of
 background colors are typical of a major strain
 of Indian paintings made before the time of the
 Mughal emperor Akbar (reigned 1556–1605), who
 catalyzed stylistic changes derived from exposure
 to Persian and European art forms.
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