id: 314446 accession number: 2018.141 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.141 updated: 2022-08-04 09:03:02.160000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1710 creation date earliest: 1705 creation date latest: 1715 current location: creditline: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: pānā 29 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings (Indian art rotation) opening date: 2021-09-01T04:00:00 Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings (Indian art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 1, 2021-February 6, 2022). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Ex collection: Khajanchi, Bikaner date: footnotes: citations: (Christie’s, October 16, 1980, lot 174) date: October 16, 1980 footnotes: citations: (Terence McInerney, New York, NY, sold to Ralph and Catherine Glynn Benkaim) date: ?–April 1990 footnotes: citations: Ralph Benkaim [1914–2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA date: 1990–2001 footnotes: citations: Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 2001–2018 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2018– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The snake-demon Kaliya holds a flower in his mouth for Krishna. digital description: wall description: In the forest where Krishna lived as a youth among the cowherds, there was a great pool of water connected to the Yamuna River. The water had become toxic from the poison excreted by all the snakes living there, including the serpent Kaliya. Kaliya’s royal residence is depicted at the lower right. In order to make the pool usable for drinking and bathing, Krishna tamed the serpent king by dancing on his heads. Krishna then persuaded him to move away to the ocean. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.141/2018.141_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.141/2018.141_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.141/2018.141_full.tif