The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
The Marriage of Pradyumna and Rukmavati, page from a Bhagavata Purana
c. 1525–50
Overall: 16.3 x 21.5 cm (6 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 1976.26
Location: not on view
Description
Pradyumna was the son of Krishna and an incarnation of the god of love. The scene of his marriage is in the upper register, where a Brahmin priest to the right of the pole and wearing a white lower garment and looped topknot of hair, performs the ceremony. Their arrival at the ceremony is pictured below.The flattened spaces and bold variety of background colors are typical of a major strain of Indian paintings made before the time of the Mughal emperor Akbar (reigned 1556–1605), who catalyzed stylistic changes derived from exposure to Persian and European art forms.
- Supernatural Love - Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 1-September 9, 2019).Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 18, 2004-May 23, 2005).Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 13, 2003-February 18, 2004).Year in Review, 1976. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).
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