id:			314438
accession number:	2018.133
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.133
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:59.838000

A Brahmin gives Krishna the Message or Invitation for the Competition to Rukmini’s Svayamvara, from a Bhagavata Purana, c. 1650–60. Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 17.1 x 19.7 cm (6 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.133

title:				A Brahmin gives Krishna the Message or Invitation for the Competition to Rukmini’s Svayamvara, from a Bhagavata Purana
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creation date:			c. 1650–60
creation date earliest:		1640
creation date latest:		1670
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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 and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 17.1 x 19.7 cm (6 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	vimra pātī daī rukumanī ke svayaṃvara ki, 53.
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PROVENANCE

	(Sotheby’s NY, May 21, 1981, lot 130)
	date: May 21, 1981
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	(Sotheby’s New York, NY, September 21, 1995, lot 281, sold to Ralph and Catherine Glynn Benkaim)
	date: September 21, 1995
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	Ralph Benkaim [1914-2001] and
Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, by descent to Catherine Benkaim
	date: 1995-2001
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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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