Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank

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Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank

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Date
c. 1600
Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Culture
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
143314

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Alluding to his wisdom, this white-clad Jain monk carries a manuscript under his left arm, bound with a red cover. Otherwise he carries a Jain monk’s basic accouterments: whisk broom, staff, and pot. This sensitively painted portrait was made for the collection of the Mughal emperor Akbar who was curious about the tenets of Jainism. He admired the explanations of the Jain monks who regularly attended the emperor’s weekly discussion sessions among members of different religious groups. He carries a book and a fly whisk tucked under his left arm.

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Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
Provenance
?–1967: (Herbert N. Bier [1905–1981], Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1967–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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