id:			314412
accession number:	2018.122
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.122
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:59.779000

Rama and Lakshmana slay the demon giant Viradha, from Chapters 2 through 4 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey), c. 1770. Central India, Bundelkhand Region, Madhya Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Datia. Gum tempera and gold on paper; overall: 21 x 29.8 cm (8 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.); painting: 19 x 28 cm (7 1/2 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.122

title:				Rama and Lakshmana slay the demon giant Viradha, from Chapters 2 through 4 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
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creation date:			c. 1770
creation date earliest:		1760
creation date latest:		1780
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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:	Central India, Bundelkhand Region, Madhya Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Datia
technique:	gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 21 x 29.8 cm (8 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.); Painting: 19 x 28 cm (7 1/2 x 11 in.)
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	inscription:	[[verso, at lower right, sideways]] 20
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Imagining Rama's Journey (Indian Painting rotation)
	opening date:   2023-03-10T05:00:00
	<i>Imagining Rama's Journey (Indian Painting rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-September 17, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY
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	Terence McInerney
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	(Sotheby’s, Parke-Bernet, New York, NY, May 1981 sale, lot 18​, sold to Ralph and Catherine Benkaim)
	date: May 1981
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection
	date: 1981–2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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