id:			314458
accession number:	2018.153
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.153
updated:		2025-04-29 11:06:20.629000

Head Priest Govardhan Lalji (1862–1934) Offers a Lamp to Shri Nathji in Celebration of the Spring Festival, c. 1890. Attributed to Ghasiram Hardev Sharma (Indian, 1869–1931). Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 28.6 x 21.9 cm (11 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.153

title:				Head Priest Govardhan Lalji (1862–1934) Offers a Lamp to Shri Nathji in Celebration of the Spring Festival
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creation date:			c. 1890
creation date earliest:		1880
creation date latest:		1899
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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:	India, Nathdwara
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Ghasiram Hardev Sharma (Indian, 1869–1931)  - artist
head of the painting and photography department at the Shri nathji temple in Nathdwara
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measurements: Page: 28.6 x 21.9 cm (11 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Krishna and the Path of Grace – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
	opening date:   2020-08-14T04:00:00
	<i>Krishna and the Path of Grace – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 14, 2020-March 7, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Terence McInerney, New York, NY, sold to Catherine Glynn Benkaim)
	date: ?–2004
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2004–2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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