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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
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Battle of Ravana and Jatayu, from Chapters 50 and 51 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of Valmiki's Ramayana (Rama’s Journey); folio from the "Burnt" Ramayana
c. 1605
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Provenance
Public?–1947
Datia Palace Collection, India
1947–1950
Private Collection, Calcutta, India
1950–1955
Private collection, Europe
?–October 2001
(Terence McInerney Fine Arts, New York, NY, sold ot the Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Co...
2001–2013
Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection
2013–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Source provenance text
Datia Palace Collection, India Private Collection, Calcutta, India Private collection, Europe (Terence McInerney Fine Arts, New York, NY, sold ot the Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection) Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%
Exhibitions
PublicSource exhibition text
The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (organizer) (October 21, 2016-January 15, 2017). Imagining Rama’s Journey. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-September 17, 2023).
The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%
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Sourced Overview Evidence
The vulture Jatayu, Lord of the Birds, his beak agape, loses feathers and dark red blood in his desperate fight to save Sita from her kidnapper, the ten-headed Ravana. Since this painting was damaged by fire in India decades ago, Sita is barely visible now at the bottom right corner, in Ravana’s donkey-led chariot. Her expression is pensive, as she awaits her fate. In adherence to the <em>Ramayana </em>text written on the back of the painting, the donkeys were the first victims in the battle that will claim Jatayu’s life.
The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%
Evidence state
0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 6 structured provenance events · 2 structured exhibitions.
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