id:			314460
accession number:	2018.155
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.155
updated:		2024-04-06 11:32:45.822000

Vishnu on Ananta, the Endless Serpent, c. 1700. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Region, Rajput Kingdom of Chamba. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 17.8 x 17.6 cm (7 x 6 15/16 in.); image: 17.1 x 16.7 cm (6 3/4 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.155

title:				Vishnu on Ananta, the Endless Serpent
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creation date:			c. 1700
creation date earliest:		1690
creation date latest:		1710
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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:	Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Region, Rajput Kingdom of Chamba
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 17.8 x 17.6 cm (7 x 6 15/16 in.); Image: 17.1 x 16.7 cm (6 3/4 x 6 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
	opening date:   2019-04-01T04:00:00
	<i>Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 1-September 9, 2019).

	title:		Nature Supernatural (Indian Painting rotation)
	opening date:   2023-09-22T04:00:00
	<i>Nature Supernatural (Indian Painting rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 2023-March 3, 2024).

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PROVENANCE

	(Bharany, New Delhi, India. sold in Los Angeles, CA, to Ralph and Catherine Glynn Benkaim)
	date: ?–October 1972
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection
	date: October 1972–2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.155/2018.155_print.jpg
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