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Nitai and Gaur (Cleveland Museum of Art)

Kalighat painting, Bengal, c. 1890, Cleveland Museum of Art

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A Kalighat painting from Bengal, circa 1890, in gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper, portraying Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, called Gaur, together with his disciple Nitai, both shown with hands raised in devotional chant. Held today by the Cleveland Museum of Art, gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward, accession 2003.154.

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Bengal, Regions

This source names Bengal directly: "A Kalighat painting from Bengal, circa 1890, in gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper, portraying Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, called Gaur, together with his disciple Nitai, both shown with hands..."

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Chaitanya, Figures

The Cleveland Museum of Art's own description for this Kalighat painting names its Gaur figure, unhedged, as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

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Nitai and Gaur, Cleveland Museum of Art (2003.154)
Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland Museum of Art 2003.154View the Source
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