The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Draupadi Rescued from Abduction, from a Mahabharata

Draupadi Rescued from Abduction, from a Mahabharata

c. 1615
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Page: 14.6 x 19.4 cm (5 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.); Miniature: 11.2 x 16.5 cm (4 7/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.189
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Draupadi had five husbands, the Pandava brothers.

Description

Bhima and Jayadrath, dressed like wrestlers, duel while his four brothers (Pandavas) and their noble attendants look on. Bhima appears to be the wrestler taller in stature and wears a necklace of bells, and Jayadratha is the one wearing an orange loincloth. Draupadi stands behind Bhima, already being rescued from Jayadratha’s clutches.
  • Raja of Issarda
    ?–1973
    Colonel R. K. Tandan
    ?–2018
    Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2018–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • {{cite web|title=Draupadi Rescued from Abduction, from a Mahabharata|url=false|author=|year=c. 1615|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.189