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accession number: 2018.117
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Enthroned Rama and Sita receive homage from their monkey and bear Allies, from the Yuddha Kanda (Book of the War) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey), c. 1765. Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Nurpur. Gum tempera and gold on paper; overall: 40.7 x 28.9 cm (16 x 11 3/8 in.); painting: 23.7 x 14.9 cm (9 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.117
title: Enthroned Rama and Sita receive homage from their monkey and bear Allies, from the Yuddha Kanda (Book of the War) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
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creation date: c. 1765
creation date earliest: 1755
creation date latest: 1775
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creditline: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture: Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Nurpur
technique: gum tempera and gold on paper
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art
type: Painting
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 40.7 x 28.9 cm (16 x 11 3/8 in.); Painting: 23.7 x 14.9 cm (9 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
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inscription: [[verso, upper center, in English, four lines]] Lord Rama + with his wife Sitā sitting his throne after coming back from (forest) + (forest) king monkey + (here) showing his (sumptuary)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
opening date: 2018-09-10T04:00:00
Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10, 2018-April 7, 2019).
title: Imagining Rama's Journey (Indian Painting rotation)
opening date: 2023-03-10T05:00:00
Imagining Rama's Journey (Indian Painting rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-September 17, 2023).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Christie’s, London, England, lot 119, sold to Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim)
date: 1979
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Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection
date: 1979–2018
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2018–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Diane de Selliers, ed., Rāmāyaṇa. Volume VII. Paris, 2011.
page number: Reproduced: p. 91.
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"New in the Galleries: Newly acquired Indian paintings.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 58, no. 6 (November/December 2018): Back cover.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: Back cover.
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