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
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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 (Indian art rotation)
	opening date:   2021-09-01T04:00:00
	<i>Life and Exploits of Krishna in Indian Paintings (Indian art rotation)</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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fun fact: 
The snake-demon Kaliya holds a flower in his mouth for Krishna.

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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.
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