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