GCR

GCR

Museum Exhibition

Catalogue of Works

Pahari Paintings: Art and Stories

Cleveland Museum of Art

22 documented works

Rumal with Vishnu temple and subsidiary shrines

Rumal with Vishnu temple and subsidiary shrines

1700s

Silk and silver embroidery on cotton tabby ground

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Posthumous portrait of Raja Chhatar Singh of Chamba smoking a hookah with his brother and son

Posthumous portrait of Raja Chhatar Singh of Chamba smoking a hookah with his brother and son

c. 1700

Gum tempera and ink on paper

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Raja Dilip Singh of Guler on a dais

Raja Dilip Singh of Guler on a dais

c. 1707

Gum tempera and gold on paper

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Rumal with Rama and Krishna scenes

Rumal with Rama and Krishna scenes

1700s

Silk and silver wire on cotton; embroidery

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Shamsher Sen of Mandi with a youth

Shamsher Sen of Mandi with a youth

1760–70

Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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Krishna and Balarama touching the feet of Vasudeva and Devaki, from the “Vertical” Bhagavata Purana

Krishna and Balarama touching the feet of Vasudeva and Devaki, from the “Vertical” Bhagavata Purana

c. 1700–1725

Gum tempera, gold, and silver on paper

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Taking of the toll, Dana-Lila

Taking of the toll, Dana-Lila

c. 1760

Gum tempera and gold on paper

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Sindhu (Saindhava) Ragaputra of Shri Raga, from a Ragamala

Sindhu (Saindhava) Ragaputra of Shri Raga, from a Ragamala

c. 1680–90

gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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A group of women in ecstasy before Madhava, folio 4 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala

A group of women in ecstasy before Madhava, folio 4 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala

c. 1720

gum tempera and gold on paper

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King Vikrama summons Madhava, folio 15 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala

King Vikrama summons Madhava, folio 15 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala

c. 1720

gum tempera and gold on paper

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Madhava plays his vina before five women drawing water from a well, folio 3 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala

Madhava plays his vina before five women drawing water from a well, folio 3 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala

c. 1720

gum tempera and gold on paper

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Kamakandala dies on hearing the news of Madhava’s death, folio 19 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala of Alam

Kamakandala dies on hearing the news of Madhava’s death, folio 19 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala of Alam

c. 1720

gum tempera and gold on paper

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Madhava faces a man holding a scale, folio 1 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala

Madhava faces a man holding a scale, folio 1 from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala

c. 1720

gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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Adoration of young Krishna

Adoration of young Krishna

c. 1720–25

gum tempera on paper

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Goddess standing on a mountaintop

Master of the court of Mandi

Goddess standing on a mountaintop

c. 1720

Gum tempera and gold on paper

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Krishna celebrates Holi

Krishna celebrates Holi

c. 1770

gum tempera, gold, and silver on paper

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Heroine with attendant and a pair of deer

Heroine with attendant and a pair of deer

c. 1710–20

gum tempera on paper

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Posthumous portrait of Raja Chhatar Singh of Chamba smoking a hookah

Posthumous portrait of Raja Chhatar Singh of Chamba smoking a hookah

c. 1700

Gum tempera and ink on paper

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Descent of the Ganges

Descent of the Ganges

c. 1700–1710

Gum tempera and gold on paper

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Stone sculptures in a Shiva temple

Stone sculptures in a Shiva temple

c. 1710

gum tempera and ink on paper

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Raja Sansar Chand attacking Kangra Fort

Raja Sansar Chand attacking Kangra Fort

after 1782

Gum tempera, ink, and gold on cotton cloth

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Feast where Vishnu decides he will incarnate as King Dasharatha’s sons, from Chapters 14–15 of the "Bala Kanda" (Book of Childhood) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

Feast where Vishnu decides he will incarnate as King Dasharatha’s sons, from Chapters 14–15 of the "Bala Kanda" (Book of Childhood) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

c. 1810

Gum tempera and gold on paper

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