id:			314217
accession number:	2018.91
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.91
updated:		2023-03-20 10:12:36.773000

A Group of Women in Ecstasy Before Madhava, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala, c. 1720. India, Bilaspur. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 21.7 x 31 cm (8 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.); image: 19.1 x 28.3 cm (7 1/2 x 11 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.91

title:				A Group of Women in Ecstasy Before Madhava, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala
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creation date:			c. 1720
creation date earliest:		1710
creation date latest:		1730
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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, Bilaspur
technique:	gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 21.7 x 31 cm (8 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.); Image: 19.1 x 28.3 cm (7 1/2 x 11 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Takri number: 4; Roman numeral: X-K. Ishwari Singh of Sirmur; number 189. sorathā. thakī jaraṃga nī jahī sunata nāda bisa mādha bhaī. tisatī thakī gahī gayī kāma kamī dhucadhā imano. caupai. ika trīya murachī bhumī para paraī. ika trīya gīrata ardharadhara dharaī. ek nena so nena mīlave. taji sara eka nikata calī āve. ek na paharete cīra sambhārā. vyākala bhaī chutī gaye barā. ekana bhūkhana dhare utārī. ekana taji kancukī sārī. eka nārī calī uthī saṃgā. jaise dhūnī munī cale kuraṃga. doha. kāma dhukha sara paṃca le mārī trīha tī sīṭhaī. mādhavanala mohi save saṃga pāraī kī naī.
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fun fact:
Mesmerized women sitting by the well are removing their jewelry.

digital description:
Sitting under a tree, Madhava sings<em> </em>in front of a group of women who came to fetch water from the well. Enchanted by his voice, the bedazzled ladies swoon and drop their clay pots. Their gaze is fixed on Madhava who is dressed as an ascetic. The backdrop is monochromatic green, and a thin blue strip denotes the sky.

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