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The Lover Leaves Wistfully in the Morning after a Passionate Tryst: Lalit Ragini, from a Ragamala

c. 1600

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

Medium
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Measurements
Page: 19.1 x 16.5 cm (7 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.123
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The hero carries two garlands in his hands as souvenirs of the previous night.

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After a night of lovemaking, the lover leaves his sleeping consort early in the morning. He thoughtfully turns his head to take a last look at his beautiful beloved before departing. The heroine, unaware of her lover’s egression, slumbers on the footed bed with boldly patterned textile. The break of dawn has been depicted with the depiction of blue sky overlapping the black background.
A vertically oriented tempera painting with gold depicts two figures with medium-light skin tones. On our left, a woman reclines on a patterned mattress within a red-walled pavilion beneath a blue canopy. On our right, a man wearing red pants and a white headpiece stands on a green landscape holding flower garlands. Above, a white structure sits against a black mountain. A yellow border with text at the top surrounds the scene.

The Lover Leaves Wistfully in the Morning after a Passionate Tryst: Lalit Ragini, from a Ragamala

c. 1600

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

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