id:			314476
accession number:	2018.171
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.171
updated:		2024-03-26 02:02:00.052000

Shvetambara Jain Teacher Giving Instruction, c. 1750–60. Possibly by Sahib Ram (Indian, active 1745–1803). Gum tempera and gold on paper; overall: 20 x 27.9 cm (7 7/8 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.171

title:				Shvetambara Jain Teacher Giving Instruction
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creation date:			c. 1750–60
creation date earliest:		1740
creation date latest:		1770
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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 Jaipur
technique:	gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Sahib Ram (Indian, active 1745–1803)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 20 x 27.9 cm (7 7/8 x 11 in.)
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	inscription:	[[in the manuscript before the preacher]] ??? oṃ nama / siddha(ṃ)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation)
	opening date:   2022-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-March 5, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India</em>, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1994/95; Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, 1995; New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1995; London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1995/96.', 'opening_date': '1995-04-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Ex collection: Kumar Sangram Singh
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	Purchased from Christie’s, New York, March 21, 2001, lot 198
	date: 2001
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection
	date: 2001–2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Singh, Kumar Sangram. <em>Catalogue of Indian Miniature Paintings (Collection of Kumar Sangram Singh of Nawalgarh): Exhibited in the Rajasthan University Library, Jaipur, from 12th to 17th December, 1965. </em>1965.
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	Pal, Pratapaditya, with contributions by Shridhar Andhare and others. <em>The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India. </em>New York: Thames &amp; Hudson, 1994.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 119B, fig. 32, p. 45 and 255.
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	Pratap, Rita. <em>The Panorama of Jaipur Paintings. </em>New Delhi: D.K. Printworld,<em> </em>1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pl. XXXIV, mentioned: p. 83 and 88.
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IMAGES

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