id:			314222
accession number:	2018.95
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.95
updated:		2023-08-24 01:23:59.526000

Madhava Faces a Man Holding a Scale, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala, c. 1720. India, Bilaspur. Gum tempera and gold on paper; image: 19.2 x 28.7 cm (7 9/16 x 11 5/16 in.); page: 21.8 x 30.4 cm (8 9/16 x 11 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.95

title:				Madhava Faces a Man Holding a Scale, 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: Image: 19.2 x 28.7 cm (7 9/16 x 11 5/16 in.); Page: 21.8 x 30.4 cm (8 9/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Takri number ‘1’ on verso; one line of Takri script; (in English) Roman numeral: XI; K. Iswari Singh of Sirmur; puhpāvatī nagarī īka sunā. gobiṃdachaṃda rajā bahugunā.
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fun fact:
This is the first page in the series, five of which are in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

digital description:
This folio is the first in the series. The composition is set in a geometrical palatial setting with four chambers. In one room, a man dressed in royal garb holds a scale in front of Madhava. A woman curiously observes the scene from the chamber above. In the middle, a priest sits reading a text, and a warrior occupies the space at the right, holding his shield.

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.95/2018.95_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.95/2018.95_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2018.95/2018.95_full.tif