The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 25, 2026

A vertically oriented gum tempera painting depicts a man with light skin tone sitting cross-legged on a blue and gold throne. He gazes toward a woman in a yellow and blue dress on our left. To our right, a second woman stands holding a white whisk over his head. Above, a stone building stands under a black sky. Yellow text and a floral bottom border frame the red-walled scene.

Pancham Raga

c. 1660–80

Central India, Malwa, 17th century

Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Image: 19 x 13.3 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.); Overall: 20.7 x 14.8 cm (8 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
James Parmelee Fund 1961.43
Location: Not on view
  • ?– 1961
    (R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1961–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” March 27, 1962, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. 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 and Reproduced: pp. 23–24, fig. 4 www.jstor.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. 85
  • Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996).
    Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
  • {{cite web|title=Pancham Raga|url=false|author=|year=c. 1660–80|access-date=25 August 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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