id:			314437
accession number:	2018.132
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.132
updated:		2025-02-09 07:40:03.931000

Women Play Music for Radha and Krishna: Chitrini Nayika, from a Rasikapriya, c. 1650. Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 22.9 x 16.2 cm (9 x 6 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.132

title:				Women Play Music for Radha and Krishna: Chitrini Nayika, from a Rasikapriya
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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, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa
technique:	gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 22.9 x 16.2 cm (9 x 6 3/8 in.)
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	inscription:	nṛta gīta kavitā rucca acala citta cala dṛṣthi viharata rati āti surata jana madhu gaṃdha kī śṛṣthi virala loma tana magana gra bhāvata sakala suvasa mitra citra priya citrinī janahu kesavadasa bolibau bolani kau sunivau avalokani ke savaloka najotai nāchivau gāivau vīnu vajāi vīri-hi rihāivo jānatu totai rāga virāga nike parirambhana hasa vilasa te reta kotai to mili tau hari mitrahi kau sakhi aise caritra jau citra mai hote. 39
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PROVENANCE

	Ralph Benkaim [1914–2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, by descent to Catherine Benkaim
	date: 1989–2001
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2001–2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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