The Cleveland Museum of Art's own open-access record for "Nitai and Gaur," a Kalighat painting from Bengal, circa 1890, in gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper. The museum's own description names the Gaur figure, shown chanting with raised hands, as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, unhedged. Accession 2003.154, gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward.
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The holding museum's own accessioned catalogue record for a Kalighat devotional painting whose own description names its Gaur figure, unhedged, as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, read directly from the museum's open-access API before citation. Citation
PublisherCleveland Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.clevelandart.org/art/2003.154
Source TypeMuseum
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This source names Bengal directly: "and Gaur," a Kalighat painting from Bengal, circa 1890, in gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper."
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- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 5 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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