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A Heroine and Her Paramour: Malavi Ragini, from a Ragamala

c. 1695
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Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

Medium
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Page: 37.5 x 29.2 cm (14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.139
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The painting is divided into two registers. The top register depicts a royal lady being attended by maidservants outside a bed chamber. The lower register depicts a noble walking with his consort, holding her tight and offering her a garland. The surrounding women dance and play music with an exuberance echoed in the vegetation.
A vertically oriented tempera and ink painting features people with light to medium skin tones in two stacked registers. Above, a woman sits on a platform with three attendants near a white-domed building. Peacocks perch on trees to the right. Below, in a garden under a dark blue sky, a man and woman embrace. They are surrounded by five women dancing, playing a drum, or gathering flowers. A yellow border frames the composition.

A Heroine and Her Paramour: Malavi Ragini, from a Ragamala

c. 1695

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

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