id:			314433
accession number:	2018.129
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.129
updated:		2025-04-08 11:07:00.602000

Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana visit the hermitage of the sage Bharadvaja at Prayaga, from Chapter 48 of the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey), c. 1650. Central India, Malwa Region, Madhya Pradesh. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 18.1 x 15.6 cm (7 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.129

title:				Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana visit the hermitage of the sage Bharadvaja at Prayaga, from Chapter 48 of the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
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creation date:			c. 1650
creation date earliest:		1640
creation date latest:		1660
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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, Malwa Region, Madhya Pradesh
technique:	gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 18.1 x 15.6 cm (7 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	[[verso]] nai sau śrī rāma ju bhārad vaja arsema gavanā
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Imagining Rama’s Journey
	opening date:   2023-03-09T05:00:00
	<i>Imagining Rama’s Journey</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-September 17, 2023).

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PROVENANCE

	Motichand Khajanchi Collection, Bikaner, Rajasthan
	date: ?–1967
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection
	date: 1967–2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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