Madhava faces a man holding a scale, from a Madhavanala-Kamakandala
Unknown Artist
c. 1700
Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions
painting: 19.2 × 28.7 cm · page: 21.8 × 30.4 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Accession Number
2018.95
About this artwork
This folio is the first in the series. The composition is set in a geometrical palatial setting with four chambers. In one room, a man dressed in royal garb holds a scale in front of Madhava. A woman curiously observes the scene from the chamber above. In the middle, a priest sits reading a text, and a warrior occupies the space at the right, holding his shield.