Durga Slaying Mahisha

The Cleveland Museum of Art · Edward L. Whittemore Fund

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Durga Slaying Mahisha

c. 1830

Medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper
Dimensions: Image: 15.8 x 25.3 cm (6 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.); Overall: 17.7 x 27.5 cm (6 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: Indian Art
Origin: Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: Edward L. Whittemore Fund

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Provenance

Public

Provenance event

A. Coomaraswamy

Provenance event

Margaret F. Marcus, Cleveland, OH

Provenance event

A. Coomaraswamy; Margaret F. Marcus, Cleveland, OH.

Source provenance text

A. Coomaraswamy Margaret F. Marcus, Cleveland, OH A. Coomaraswamy; Margaret F. Marcus, Cleveland, OH.

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Exhibitions

Public

Rajput Painting

Indian Painting 12th-20th Century

Sacred India

The Art of India

Source exhibition text

Indian Painting 12th-20th Century. Chinese Art Society of America, New York, NY (organizer) (May 3-June 1, 1956). Rajput Painting. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 22, 1961). The Art of India. Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (organizer) (April 7-30, 1961). Sacred India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1985-January 12, 1986). Rajput Painting. Asia House, New York, NY (December 3, 1960-January 22, 1961). Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 242B). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 6-November 7, 2016).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

According to the text dedicated to the exploits of the great goddess Devi in her various forms, there was a time in the mythic past when a buffalo demon was ravaging the world. Storm clouds swirl above and dust below him. The goddess in her warrior aspect in which she is named Durga rides a chariot pulled by two leonine tigers with blue skies and flowering trees above her. The two are about to clash in a bloody battle that will take place on the gently sloping hillside evocative of the western Himalayan foothills where this painting was made.

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 3 structured provenance events · 4 structured exhibitions.

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