# 17th-century India

Time and place · hang 750 · 5 works

Works made in India in the 17th century.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Battle between monkeys and demons, from the “Shangri” Ramayana](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/battle-between-monkeys-and-demons-from-the-shangri-ramayana-cma-677526), Unrecorded Indian maker, c. 1700. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-india/battle-between-monkeys-and-demons-from-the-shangri-ramayana-cma-677526?hang=750)
2. [Jesus writes on the ground (folio 130 verso), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/jesus-writes-on-the-ground-folio-130-verso-from-a-mirror-of-cma-163659), Unrecorded Indian maker, 1602–4. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-india/jesus-writes-on-the-ground-folio-130-verso-from-a-mirror-of-cma-163659?hang=750)
3. [Hanuman spies Sita in the Ashoka Grove, from the “Shangri” Ramayana](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/hanuman-spies-sita-in-the-ashoka-grove-from-the-shangri-rama-cma-677522), Unrecorded Indian maker, c. 1700–25. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-india/hanuman-spies-sita-in-the-ashoka-grove-from-the-shangri-rama-cma-677522?hang=750)

## Section 1, south wall

4. [The Annunciation (folio 15 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-annunciation-folio-15-recto-from-a-mirror-of-holiness-mi-cma-163658), Unrecorded Indian maker, 1602–4. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-india/the-annunciation-folio-15-recto-from-a-mirror-of-holiness-mi-cma-163658?hang=750)
5. [Prince Shreyamsa dreams of the coming of Rishabha, from a Panchakalyanaka (Five Auspicious Events)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/prince-shreyamsa-dreams-of-the-coming-of-rishabha-from-a-pan-cma-438621), Unrecorded Indian maker, 1670–80. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-india/prince-shreyamsa-dreams-of-the-coming-of-rishabha-from-a-pan-cma-438621?hang=750)

## Doors

- [More by unrecorded makers of India](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-india?hang=750&via=continue) (21 works)
- [More Mughal and Rajput painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting?hang=750&via=continue) (40 works)