Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank c. 1600 Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756) Ink and color on paper Image: 14.7 x 9.8 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.); Overall: 38.8 x 26.3 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.); with mat: 49 x 36.3 cm (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.) Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1967.244 INSCRIPTION Erased inscription at top left: "Work of Basawan ... Chandra [?]"; later attribution to Bihzad inscribed above palm tree. PROVENANCE ?-1967 (Herbert N. Bier [1905-1981], Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1967- The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 236 archive.org The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 304 archive.org "A Jain Ascetic." Nūr: CAIS magazine, Winter 2021 (Vol. 5, No. 2): 14. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 14