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Three Musicians Perform Before a King: Shri Raga, from a Ragamala
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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Three Musicians Perform Before a King: Shri Raga, from a Ragamala

c. 1650
Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions
20.8 x 16.5 cm (8 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Style
Indian Art
Origin
Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa
Institution
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund

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Provenance

Public
1989-2001

Ralph Benkaim [1914-2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, by descent to Ca...

2001-2018

Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Clevelan...

2018-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

Ralph Benkaim [1914-2001] and Catherine Glynn Benkaim [b. 1946], Beverly Hills, CA, by descent to Catherine Benkaim Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Sourced Overview Evidence

A king sits on a throne with a yogic band around his legs, listening to the music of two sages: a blue-skinned sage on a stringed instrument (vina), and a white-skinned one playing cymbals. A standing percussionist accompanies them on a drum. An attendant behind the king holds the royal canopy over his head.

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Evidence state

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

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