Collection Online as of October 4, 2023
Madhava Faces a Man Holding a Scale, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Image: 19.2 x 28.7 cm (7 9/16 x 11 5/16 in.); Page: 21.8 x 30.4 cm (8 9/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.95
Location
not on view
Fun Fact
This is the first page in the series, five of which are in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
Description
This folio is the first in the series. The composition is set in a geometrical palatial setting with four chambers. In one room, a man dressed in royal garb holds a scale in front of Madhava. A woman curiously observes the scene from the chamber above. In the middle, a priest sits reading a text, and a warrior occupies the space at the right, holding his shield.