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Krishna's Insomnia, Page from a Rasikapriya

1634

Central India, Malwa school, 17th century

Gum tempera and ink on paper
Image: 17.8 x 13.8 cm (7 x 5 7/16 in.); Overall: 20.5 x 16.5 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Gift of N. M. Heeramaneck 1938.303
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1938
    Nasli Heeramaneck [1902–1971], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1938–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Dye, Joseph M. The Chronology and Stylistic Development of Seventeenth Century Malwa Painting. Ph.D. dissertation, New York University, 1980. Reproduced: pl. 8, p. 8
    Lee, Sherman. "The Decorative and the Super-Real: Two Rajasthani Miniatures." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 44, no. 8 (October 1957): 180-183. Mentioned: p. 181 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 766 archive.org
    Lee, Sherman E., and George Montgomery, ed. Rajput Painting; with an introductory essay and catalogue notes. New York: Asia House, 1960. cat. no. 5B
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 238 archive.org
    Dwivedi, Vinod P. “Two Kedara Ragini Paintings.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 55, no. 1 (January 1968): 18–27. Mentioned: p. 19; Reproduced: p. 22, fig. 3 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 238 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 305 archive.org
    Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 81, pp. 209–210
    Seitz, Konrad. Orchha, Datia, Panna: "Malwa"-Miniaturen von den rajputischen Höfen Bundelkhands 1580-1850 : Sammlung Eva und Konrad Seitz. Köln: Hanstein, 2015. Reproduced: p. 202, fig. 5.6
  • Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 18, 2004-May 3, 2005).
    Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 13, 2003-February 18, 2004).
    Rajput Painting. Asia House, New York, NY (December 3, 1960-January 22, 1961).
    India's Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 2, 1949-January 22, 1950).
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