id: 314458 accession number: 2018.153 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.153 updated: 2023-03-22 03:05:18.550000 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, 1866–1931). 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1890 creation date earliest: 1880 creation date latest: 1899 current location: creditline: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: India, Nathdwara technique: Gum tempera and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Ghasiram Hardev Sharma (Indian, 1866–1931) - artist head of the painting and photography department at the Shri nathji temple in Nathdwara --- measurements: Page: 28.6 x 21.9 cm (11 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Krishna and the Path of Grace – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation opening date: 2020-08-14T04:00:00 Krishna and the Path of Grace – Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 14, 2020-March 7, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Terence McInerney, New York, NY, sold to Catherine Glynn Benkaim) date: ?–2004 footnotes: citations: Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 2004–2018 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2018– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The artist has faithfully portrayed the dark stone sculpture of Shri Nathji with its monolithic rectangular slab depicting stylized rocks and wild inhabitants in low relief. The image of the sculpture contrasts with the surrounding pale hues, notably the pink created by a new synthetic pigment imported from Europe.

Govardhan Lalji is a priest descended from the founder of the Pushti Marg sect, Vallabha, who ministers to the elaborate devotions and daily activities of Shri Nathji. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES