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A Ruler Seated on a Terrace Worshipping at a Shrine of Radha and Krishna

c. 1800

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

A noble clad in a black woolen shawl and a red turban, both with delicate floral embroidery, kneels before a small shrine with icons of Krishna fluting alongside his lover Radha. An attendant dressed in white holds a fly whisk that denotes the kneeling figure’s royal status. The black sky with light horizon suggests that the sun has recently set. In spite of the individualized facial features, this noble remains unidentified.

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  • Title: A Ruler Seated on a Terrace Worshipping at a Shrine of Radha and Krishna
  • Date Created: c. 1800
  • Physical Dimensions: 25.1 x 20 cm (9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
  • Provenance: 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
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.135
  • Medium: gum tempera and gold on paper
  • Fun Fact: Both figures have rosaries of <em>rudraksha</em> beads usually worn by followers of Shiva, instead of Krishna.
  • Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
  • Culture: Central India, Madhya Pradesh
  • Credit Line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
  • Collection: Indian Art
  • Accession Number: 2018.135
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