Images

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=DC47DE96BD89DF8E601C8C21ED98FEE532FC1CA49D9A363B9BE2D5BC6A936300&s=24247294&se=588062788&v=1&f=%5Cd8078%5Cu3280781%5C1968.281_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=32F090CC794F6E2F5AF26931BFC8ACE040810F555C532201246D2B344776AEDA&s=24247294&se=588062788&v=1&f=%5Cd8572%5Cu240285726%5C1968.281det01_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=32F090CC794F6E2F8069054A710B21F3E4A3F88E19F8C1023AC3750B1791505F&s=24247294&se=588062788&v=1&f=%5Cd8579%5Cu240285796%5C1968.281det02_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=32F090CC794F6E2FD94AA03708E5A1BCD46CB4C76A61D424DD3FD80D0CB47C65&s=24247294&se=588062788&v=1&f=%5Cd8586%5Cu240285866%5C1968.281det03_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=32F090CC794F6E2F5B60FD64D88B7909B517911DB7B3B4A94A5C27FE55CE7B96&s=24247294&se=588062788&v=1&f=%5Cd8593%5Cu240285936%5C1968.281det04_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=C30C132BA0402C9E3D0DC0F125CC8BE2820F17161F827439537402FFF84536F8&s=24247294&se=588062788&v=1&f=%5Cd8601%5Cu240286010%5C1968.281det05_o2.jpg

Additional Views

Oct 14, 2020

Attendant of Surya, the Sun God

AD 320–650

India, Mathura, Gupta Period

(320-647)

Sandstone

Overall: 33.7 x 24.8 cm (13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)

Gift of George P. Bickford 1968.281

Location

not on view

Provenance

?–1968

George P. Bickford [1901-1991] and Clara Louise Gehring Bickford [1903-1985], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1968–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

“Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1968.” Archives of Asian Art, vol. 23, 1969, pp. 58–87. Mentioned: p. 78 www.jstor.org

Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1968." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 56, no. 1 (1969): 3-50. Mentioned: no. 137, p. 49; Reproduced: no. 137, p. 31 www.jstor.org

Dwivedi, Vinod P. “Mathura Art in the Museums of the United States of America.” Journal of Indian Museums, 1973, pp. 25–26. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 25-26, fig. 2

Czuma, Stanislaw. “Mathura Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum Collection.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 64, no. 3, 1977, pp. 83–114. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 109, fig. 37 www.jstor.org

Pal, Pratapaditya. The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence. [New York]: Asia Society in association with J. Weatherhill, 1978. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 55, p. 104

Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).

The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence. Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (organizer) (October 5-December 3, 1978); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (January 1-February 25, 1979); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (March 24-May 6, 1979).

Cite this page

{{cite web|title=Attendant of Surya, the Sun God|url=https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.281|year=AD 320–650|access-date=05 December 2023|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Contact us

The information about this object, including provenance, may not be currently accurate. If you notice a mistake or have additional information about this object, please email [email protected].

To request more information about this object, study images, or bibliography, contact the Ingalls Library Reference Desk.

All images and data available through Open Access can be downloaded for free. For images not available through Open Access, a detail image, or any image with a color bar, request a digital file from Image Services.

You are here:

Images

Attendant of Surya, the Sun God

Attendant of Surya, the Sun God

India, Mathura, Gupta Period

Location

Download and Share

Contact us