The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George P. BickfordCC0 · 3,400 × 2,420 px · Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1725 · Cleveland Museum of Art

Ravana addresses Sita in the garden of Lanka, from Chapters 53 and 54 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

ManakuWikidata

miniature from the Manaku's ''Siege of Lanka'' series

Wander from here

In the picture

RāvaṇaSita
Date
c. 1725Wikidata
Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1725
Medium
Gum tempera, gold, and silver on paperCleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
56.3 × 81 cmCleveland Museum of Art
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art, ClevelandWikidata
Inventory no.
1966.143Wikidata
Credit line
Gift of George P. BickfordCleveland Museum of Art

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. Dates unknown
    Raja Raghunath Singh of Guler
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
  2. Dates unknown
    Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877–1947]
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
  3. ? – 1966
    George P. Bickford [1901–1991] and Clara Louise Gehring Bickford [1903–1985], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “George P. Bickford [1901–1991] and Clara Louise Gehring Bickford [1903–1985], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?–1966)”
  4. 1966 –
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    gift
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1966–)”
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