Archival Details
- Tradition: Pahari
- Period: c. 1700
- Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Dimensions: Painting: 18.4 x 28.9 cm (7 1/4 x 11 3/8 in.); Page: 21.6 x 31.8 cm (8 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)
- Credit line: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 2018.107
Pahari painting refers to schools active in the Himalayan foothill states of northern India — including Kangra, Guler, and Basohli — from roughly the 17th to 19th centuries. The tradition is particularly associated with lyrical renderings of Krishna devotional poetry and is noted for delicate line work and a refined, atmospheric palette.