id:			314446
accession number:	2018.141
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.141
updated:		2025-02-15 12:46:42.727000

Krishna Quells the Serpent Kaliya, from a Bhagavata Purana, c. 1710. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 40.8 x 23 cm (16 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.); miniature: 36.9 x 19.1 cm (14 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.141

title:				Krishna Quells the Serpent Kaliya, from a Bhagavata Purana
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creation date:			c. 1710
creation date earliest:		1705
creation date latest:		1715
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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:	Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar
technique:	gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 40.8 x 23 cm (16 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.); Miniature: 36.9 x 19.1 cm (14 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	pānā 29
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings
	opening date:   2021-09-01T04:00:00
	<i>Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 1, 2021-February 6, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Ex collection: Khajanchi, Bikaner
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	(Christie’s, October 16, 1980, lot 174)
	date: October 16, 1980
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	(Terence McInerney, New York, NY, sold to Ralph and Catherine Glynn Benkaim)
	date: ?–April 1990
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	Ralph Benkaim [1914–2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA
	date: 1990–2001
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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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