The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 26, 2024
A page from a Punishment series: Punishment for murder
c. 1740
Page: 33.7 x 24.8 cm (13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.); Miniature: 27.3 x 17.5 cm (10 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.)
Location: not on view
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Both sinners have turbans unraveling.Description
Themes of punishments of hell were popular in Rajasthani ateliers, and several courts commissioned paintings depicting infernal cruelty. The dark-skinned punisher pulls a royal figure from his terrace with chains and is about to smite him with his baton. A ferocious tiger can be seen ripping another man with his claws.- {{cite web|title=A page from a Punishment series: Punishment for murder|url=false|author=|year=c. 1740|access-date=26 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.162