id:			314222
accession number:	2018.95
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.95
updated:		2025-06-19 18:16:04.935000

Madhava faces a man holding a scale, from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala, c. 1700. Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting: 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. 1700
creation date earliest:		1700
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:	Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh
technique:	gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Painting: 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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	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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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	K. Ishwari Singh of Sirmaur
	date: until ?
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	Rama Coomaraswamy
	date: until 1973
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	Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
	date: –1974
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	Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Los Angeles
	date: –2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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