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Vabhruvahana Approaches Arjuna, page from the Khan Khanan's Razm-nama

c. 1610?–17

This object has related works. See The First Adventure of the White Horse, Page from the Khan Khanan's Razm Nama (Book of Wars)

Sur Das Gujarati

(Indian, active 16th century)

India, Subimperial Mughal school, 17th century

Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Overall: 35 x 24 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.)

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1960.44

Location

not on view

Description

A tree with a whimsically mint-green trunk populated with birds and nests with eggs appears to the left of the block of text, in which the action below is described in Persian. Under the tree on a blanket is Arjuna, one of the main heroes of the Razm-nama. He is an extraordinary warrior and holds his bow as he receives his son Vabhruvahana, who has come to apologize for having captured the horse of the royal horse sacrifice––a major indiscretion.

Provenance
Beckett; Nasli M. Heermaneck, NY.
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 237 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 237 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 304 archive.org
Exhibition history

Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); February 4 - August 5, 2003.

Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); February 20 - August 18, 2004.

Main gallery rotation (gallery 245): November 2, 2015 - April 4, 2016.

Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1960.44