Painting from a Kalpa-sutra: Indra Praises the Embryo of Mahavira in the Womb of the Brahman Woman Devananda

The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of J. H. Wade

Museum

Painting from a Kalpa-sutra: Indra Praises the Embryo of Mahavira in the Womb of the Brahman Woman Devananda

c. 1450–75

Medium: Gum tempera and gold on paper; 18th century gold flecked paper border
Dimensions: Painting: 9.5 x 6.8 cm (3 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.); Overall: 22.3 x 17.7 cm (8 3/4 x 6 15/16 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: Indian Art
Origin: Western India, Gujarat
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: Gift of J. H. Wade

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Provenance

Public

?–1925

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877–1947], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1925–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877–1947], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

Public

Text and Image in Southern Asia

Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2017

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Indian Gallery 242 Rotation – April-November 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 10-November 6, 2017). Text and Image in Southern Asia. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-March 5, 2023).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

Until recently, and especially during the 1800s and early 1900s, the paintings in South Asian manuscripts were excised and mounted as individual works of art. These two paintings from a Jain manuscript of the <em>Kalpa-sutra</em> have been separated from the text and mounted with gold-flecked borders, like pictures in an album.

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 2 structured provenance events · 2 structured exhibitions.

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