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Draupadi Rescued from Abduction, from a Mahabharata
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Bhima and Jayadrath, dressed like wrestlers, duel while his four brothers (Pandavas) and their noble attendants look on. Bhima appears to be the wrestler taller in stature and wears a necklace of bells, and Jayadratha is the one wearing an orange loincloth. Draupadi stands behind Bhima, already being rescued from Jayadratha’s clutches.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineDraupadi Rescued from Abduction, from a Mahabharata, c. 1615. Northern India, Popular Mughal School, probably done at Bikaner. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 14.6 x 19.4 cm (5 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.); miniature: 11.2 x 16.5 cm (4 7/16 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.189
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