Goddess Mangala, from a Devi Series (c. 1660): Art, History and Details
Goddess Mangala, from a Devi Series at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1660, Gum tempera on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Goddess Mangala, from a Devi Series (c. 1660) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
The four-armed goddess sits on an open lotus against a dark green background. She holds a discus, sword, bowl of cakes, and a shield. Banana trees flank her, and her tiger mount stands beneath. The subject in the painting appears to be a regional form of the Devi, as the name “Mangala” does not appear in major Hindu scriptures.
Object facts
- Title: Goddess Mangala, from a Devi Series
- Date: c. 1660
- Culture: India, Rajasthan, Ajmer
- Type: Painting
- Technique: Gum tempera on paper
- Dimensions: Miniature: 24.8 x 21 cm (9 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
- Collection: Indian Art
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession number: 2018.154
A detail from the museum
Banana flowers hang pendant and are bright pink.
Collection credit
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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